October 7 at 10:30 pm

Haley, Dustin, Mary, and Morgan came with me to the hospital tonight. Surgery ended at 8:30 pm. That's 12 hours of surgery if you're counting. I talked to the plastic surgeon, Dr. Chadrin. He said the graft on the buttock area went well. Judy had an issue with low blood pressure...not surprising considering the length of surgery. She will likely be in ICU overnight. I also discovered they only removed part of her bladder. The tubes from her kidneys to her bladder were disconnected and reattached to another area of the bladder; therefore, she will be peeing the old fashioned way. No urostomy. No bag for #1. This, of course, will be a disappointment to Judy because she will have to continue getting up at night to pee. We only got to see Judy for 5 minutes. She was quite puffy, but considering the grind she went through today, no wonder. In fact, she looked beautiful as always. Furthermore, she still had her sense of humor. I asked her whether I should use VIM on the kitchen sink everyday or once a week. She informed me that she had VIMed the kitchen sink yesterday. As you can imagine, Judy has been giving me copious instructions on how to keep the home in "Judy Shape". I will be up to see her tomorrow morning and will updating the blog as new information comes in.