December 9th

My day started very early.  Mason txt and of course we all saw Julie's in bed surgery prep picture.  I was at Julie & Mason's being updated.  I found that Julie was 1/2 hour late getting into surgery. and it would be 2 hours after surgery before we could see her.

I decided that I was hungry so got on the computer and found a diner, or so I thought.  I followed the gps and found the place listed wasn't there but saw O'le Cafe across the street.  I knew it was the place for me.  I got my food and being crowded, a nice lady was happy for me to sit down.  We started talking and she had a pipe in her basement crack and flood her saved material.  She tried to wash them to no avail, she was quite upset.  After talking a bit, I got her to look at the positive things and discover what was important.  When I left to go to Palo Alto, and she left to go back home we both felt great.  I do love meeting and helping people.  

I found that Julie was still in surgery when I got down close so decided to go to the Mall.  I expected and in door one but it was outdoors.  I got a chocolate drink and found I was tired.  It was to the car since I still had a couple of hours to wait before Jule was out of surgery.  I would get updates from Mason.  They're putting the implant in etc.  She got out of surgery at noon and was doing fine.  

After my rest Mason said to come on over and park.  That was a chore.  The parking is under ground and it feels as you are going up but really going down.  I finally found a spot on L3 so I was way down.  On top Mason was waiting for me and it was so great to have guide to get to the appropriate place.  Richard & Ray Lynn were there and we had fun talking.  I found a place to charge my phone and a nice lady to watch it for me and of course as soon as we got settled in for the wait it was over and there was my precious Julie all talking and doing well.

We went down to D1 and the joint center.  Everyone has hips or knees replaced.  The nurse told Julie she was the youngest in the unit.  We were all happy with all of the new things they have.  The big one for me was the automatic leg pressure regulators to prevents blood clots.  It's so much nicer than the ugly leggings that I had to wear.

We stayed until late with Richard and Ray Lynn leaving first and a half hour later Mason & I left.  I'm so glad all is well with Julie though she's not happy in the hospital.  She wants to come home today but I'm hoping that she will stay another day. 

The drive home was great with no traffic except as I was getting ready to make the turn onto Tennessee I saw at least 30 cop cars going towards Berkley.  As I was telling Pam about it up popped on her screen that all of 80 was blocked with protesters.  I had just made it through.  I'm so grateful.

I did txt back and forth to Julie until she got her pain meds and was falling asleep.  I did see this morning that she had difficulty sleeping but at least we know she'd doing well.

All in all I had a great day and I'm so wonderfully grateful that Julie is doing well!!