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I have had a very long past few days. My Nanny had her surgery on Thursday the 28th. It was a very long and scary day. She has a bypass and her aortic valve replaced. Everything went very well with that and the doctor said that everything went as planned and nothing happened that was unexpected. That was until they gave her the platelets to make her blood colt... she had a VERY bad allergic reaction to them and her heart and lungs stopped. But they were able to resuscitate her and then everything was ok. The doctor said it was a very scary and tense few minutes. It was very hard to hear that when the doctor came in to talk to us after the surgery was done. I just had to go somewhere and I broke down. I just didnt want to do it in front of everybody else. It was just the fact that she almost died and that was VERY VERY scary for me! So then there was the question of if her blood was going to clot on its own or if they were going to have to figure out something else to do because obviously the platelets were NOT an option. Luckily within about 2 hours or so of her coming out of surgery she was already clotting on her own! That was such a good thing to hear. Because if she didnt then the doctor would have had to take her back to the operating room because if she didnt clot that would mean that she was still bleeding inside and he would have had to go back in to clean it all out but they didnt have to do that because she was doing great! She had a very good night the first night. They still had her on the ventilator through the night but they took her off of it yesterday afternoon and she came right off it! They told us at first that nobody would be able to see her yesterday that they just wanted her to rest but the nurse called and said that she was awake,sitting up in her chair, eating a popsicle and asking for us to come see her!! So we went up there to see her and she looks so good except for some swelling, which is expected, and she was very alert and talking and everything! The only thing that she complained about was that her back hurt from being in the same position for so long and that her mouth and throat we very dry. I feel so bad for her because I know that is not fun. But I am soooooo glad that she is doing so good! Even the doctor and nurses were shocked at how good she is doing! God has truly answered our prayers! And I know that he will continue to answer them and watch over Nanny while she recovers! We are going to see her this afternoon and I cant wait!

On a different note... Chaz will be home Tuesday!! Only 2 more days!! I cant wait!! His flight is supposed to land in Augusta at 12:30pm! He has a 2 hour layover in Charolette but maybe that wont be to bad for him. I am so ready for him to be home and now it is so close. I just hope it goes by fast.