joshua keroes

Mom went in to the clinic yesterday to have a blackberry-sized cyst removed from behind her eye. The doctors had six hours blocked out for the operation but needed only two to get through it; always a good sign.

We went down an hour later to find Mom in the post-op recovery room where two patients reclined on portable beds and a bevy of nurses ran around taking care of everyone. Mom was groggy and had a huge headache. The nurses were giving her plenty of codeine for the headache. Right eye had bruising and was swelled shut. She was otherwise doing well.

Today we headed over around noon to find her chipper and awake. Below you’ll find a picture form this visit, looking beautiful as always. Left her with my iPod and some headphones to drone out the recovery room’s noise.

It’s 5pm now, she was just moved into her own private room, where she’ll finally be able to get some well-deserved sleep. Nurses believe she’ll stay in that room through the weekend; four more days at least.

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