Grandma Update #3

Mom called me last night to say that the hospital messed up on Grandma's hemoglobin levels (see last post's Update #2 or was it #1?) and twice yesterday when they took her blood, it was at 12. This means that Grandma is fine, and they have scheduled the surgery for today at 4:30 p.m. (Just had a voicemail message from Mom - Grandma's surgery has been moved up to 1:30 - no explanation as to why.) Does anybody have a medical background? I have a question re: not eating before surgery. When I was scheduled to have my surgery at 9:00 a.m. back in 2000, I couldn't eat after midnight. It ended up that my surgery didn't happen until 9:30 p.m., so I was a tad hungry the next morning. That, however, is neither here nor there. Why is midnight the magic number? My Grandma, according to my mom, can't eat after midnight either. And that's a long time for that little lady to go without food, I think.

At any rate, please pray, think good thoughts, send good vibes that Grandma's surgery this afternoon goes swimmingly and that she's on the road to a quick recovery and can go on our trip to CA next month! Thank you so much for all your well wishes. They are greatly appreciated.