May 8 she is okay!

Leslie, "the strong woman" ( according to the dr.) survived her surgery and is doing well. Of course she is having a great deal of pain from the procedure, but everything went well and she is alert and stable and waiting for an ICU room to open up. She is going to ICU just because of the length of the surgery (6 hours), but the surgeon is pleased with the outcome. Now we need to pray for strength for her to get up tomorrow and start moving. The dr. said that would be the "cure" for her pain from the surgery, since most of the pain is related to the manipulation of the muscles during the surgery and they respond by spasming. Good news is the dr. said she would only have one more month with the brace. Yeah! More manana.