johanna,

i had to smile when i read that. my cousin, marilyn, who has been a nurse up in northern CA for many years, gave me one piece of advice when i was getting ready to have my L rib resection in nov. 2005 (the only other major surgery i'd ever had in my life having been an emergency C-section in 1974; i was freakin' out bigtime!):

"i don't care how good that surgeon is. try to get him early in the morning and early in the week; he's human and he gets tired."

(i had my surgery late on a fri. aft., with a very fatigued steve annest finishing up around 6 or 7pm. i don't follow directions so good...)

woo hoo to you!

about time things started going your way.

any further changes will have to be run by me, however.

thank you and good night, nurse.
alison