Ambur's Surgery

Today Ambur will be having her surgery.  Gall Bladder removal.  We were also told that her X-Rays showed that she has two massive growths on her ovaries the size of baseballs and bigger so the surgeon is also going to look at those and see if they need to be removed.  I got to the hospital in time to visit a little.  Invited Blaine to come and visit but he said they were busy that day.  The missionaries stopped by as did our Ministering Elders.  Ambur was asleep through most of it and when she awoke she was about to head off to surgery.  We put her cute blue hat on they came and did some testing, had her sign final paperwork and the anesthesiologist came in to explain what he would be doing.  I was able to wait in the room.  Off she went.  I was thinking after she left how lucky I am to be her mother.  She is such a special individual.  She has had to work through some really tough medical and personal issues and she has does it with confidence and always includes the Lord in her struggles and overcoming them.  I am so proud of her.

I left for a bit and went home to let the dog out and get her a drink.  Then I headed back to the hospital and Ambur was already in the room.  Soon after, the Dr. came in and  informed of what he found.  He said the Gall Bladder definitely needed to come out and that it was in much worse shape than the testing showed.  He also told us that the masses that were on the ovaries are fibrous and not cancerous.  That was surely a relief.  He said there was really no reason to remove them.  

Ambur rested and had to eat a bit before she would be discharged.  She was told that she should not lift anything more than 10 lbs. for the next 2 weeks and really for 4 weeks then she would have a follow up appointment to get the ok to go back to work and to see what she would be able to do.  He also told her not to do stairs for a couple of weeks, but that isn't really possible.  So we decided she would stay downstairs today and when she was ready to go to her bed, she would go upstairs and then stay there and I would take care of feeding and caring for Gimlet.  

We got her home with a great icepack to put over her surgical site.  She didn't feel to badly--unless she laughed.  She is a trooper and it was good to have her back home.  I took Monday off so I could stay with her a bit more.  I have to say that having her down and out showed me really quickly just how much she does around the house. She fixes dinner, she cleans the downstairs and probably so many other things I am not even aware of.

It is going to be a rough couple of weeks.  I am grateful for the opportunity to help Ambur out just a small amount as she is constantly looking out for me and helping me out.  I am thankful for those who took from their time to come to the hospital and for the Elders who administered a priesthood blessing and for the Surgeon who took good care of Ambur.  And for anyone else I may have forgotten or missed.  We are blessed here in Cedar City and I am grateful for all.