Surgery Day!!!

Merry Christmas is an absolute understatement. Surgery began at 7:13am today, the 24th. Pop has been listed for 13 days. Jennifer, Billy, and I arrived at the Cleveland Clinic about an hour ago to sit with Mom. The hospital is enormous, which again, is an insane understatement. This morning we met one of the Social Workers, Lisa. She is an angel.... hands down. Mom said everyone has just been incredible here, and from what I have seen in an hour, I believe her.

Grandmother and Grandfather should be here any minute. I will post throughout the day. Mom has a pager of sorts that gets messages from the OR periodically. The last update came at 9:15 and said that surgery is going well and that Pop is doing fine. My guess is that this surgery will take about 8 hours total, but could go longer. Again, updates to follow.

Love to you all,

Susan, Karen, Jennifer, Billy, Marie, Harold, and of course, Ray...