All of you have been so supportive. AJ was well enough to really hear some of your comments today, and she really appreciated them. She's down to only 120 mg of oxy, and her attitude now is to stay there until she has what she needs to get back to her life. She knows she will have pain, but she can accept that. She was hoping that she'd have the surgery for the permanent pump this Thursday, but she has to wait until next Monday, which was disappointing, but still OK. A nurse came in today to explain the procedure (a 3" incision to make the little pouch the pump resides in - yikes!) and aftercare. They may keep her longer than usual because we live so far away, and they want to see her again 2 weeks later, so that's another trip. But this thing is going to work! Nothing else she tried did - blocks, meds, drips, everything made her worse, and this is going to work!

AJ's mom