Update from the operating room: "They are 'closing up' and everything's gone fine." We'll hear from the surgeon shortly in a conference room.
Big sigh of relief. More updates when we have them.
11:45 am EST:
Waiting in the waiting room is more fun than... well, what's more fun than a barrel of monkeys? I do not know. This game requires strategy. Skill. Leadership. Ingenuity. A lot of freaking time. Which we have, because we have no updates from the operating room.
I find that gently encouraging the monkeys with quiet "oooh, oooh, ahh, ahhh" sounds and promises of dark chocolate dipped bananas encourages strong bonds.
By the way, Kathy cheated. And mom abetted. Just so you know. Don't play for money with these folks.
9:56 am EST:
Update from the OR. (That's operating room, not Oregon. I do not know anyone in Oregon. Well, I do, but they aren't family. But my sister, Kathy, of the liberal waiting room media, has been to Oregon. Figures. Aren't they crazy liberals, too?)
The OR volunteer says: everything is "fine". I hate that word. "Fine" is so passive-aggressive. What does fine mean? They haven't really gotten started? My Dad's brain looks good? The surgery is almost done? The surgeon just locked on a tee time with his golf buddies? Why don't they blog from the operating room?
9:43 am EST:
Just got a text from my sister Kathy with an update on my Dad. Looks like the news from the next chair isn't any different from what I had. Wonder if Kathy is giving her news with a liberal spin?
Maybe I could be Fox news, my mom could be NPR and Kathy could be MSNBC. And I could talk about how the liberal media is skewing the updates and how it's really the fault of the Obama administration that my Dad has these aneurysms. I could also start TYPING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I AM REALLY, REALLY PISSED OFF ABOUT SOMETHING, RAR, RAR, FEDERAL TAKEOVERS, I'VE LOST MY FREEDOM, OBAMA, STATE'S RIGHTS, FISCAL SANITY, OBAMA IS THE DEVIL, BUY GOLD.
9:14 am EST:
Surgery has begun. The craniotomy is a 4-6 hour procedure. More updates around 10 am when one of the hospital volunteers gives updates to people waiting in the waiting room. She'll go back to surgery and get information on all of the patients and fill us in. In the meantime, it's Rachel Ray and People magazine.
7:45 am EST:
We're at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. My dad has checked into the surgery unit. I am eating greek yogurt and watching an ABC news segment about the new panda born... somewhere. San Diego? Washington DC? Missed that part.
No updates yet, though we don't believe he's in surgery yet. He is probably getting a really cool buzz cut on the left side of his head right now. Think good thoughts, everyone.
Makes me laugh everytime I read it.
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