We are now down in pre-op. The anesthesiologist and his resident are with Shirley now. They've inserted an epidural in her back that will be left in for several days to control pain in her back. They are now inserting an arterial line that they use to monitor blood pressure real time.
I was speaking with the charge nurse who was here during the last dry run. He said that this time feels real and that baring some kind of last-minute issue with the final evaluation of the lungs that he thought this one was going to really happen.
Soon, she will be wheeled into surgery, but I'm being told that it will be an hour or more before they make the final determination that the lungs are good and actually put Shirley under and begin the surgery.
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