Doing Good

(Russell again)

The nurse just stopped by, said Red's doing fine. They're just about finished installing the screws. Next is attaching metal rods to those screws (bent carefully so as to align with her spine), then straightening the rods as much as possible to correct her curve and rotation. The nurse said another couple hours, my impression is she was referring to the surgery itself. After that there's closing up the incision etc, then some time in the recovery room, so probably another couple hours after that. Once she's awake they take out her breathing tube, then she goes up to her own room, then we can visit her. ^-^