***UPDATE ON NEAN - SUCCESSFUL VSG ON 12/09/2008***

PLEASE FORGlVE THE TARDlNESS OF THlS POST. WHlLE l KNEW THAT NEAN WAS A MEMBER OF / CONTRlBUTOR TO THlS FORUM AND l WANTED TO POST THlS UPDATE YESTERDAY, l COULDN'T FlND Y'ALL lN THE FORUMS LlST.  A FRlEND FROM THE VSG FORUM TOLD ME WHERE TO FlND YOU AND SHE PROVlDED THE LlNK TO ME THlS MORNlNG.

l AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEAN WAS SLEEVED YESTERDAY BY DR. SRlKANTH.  l WENT BY THE HOSPlTAL AFTER THE AUBURN SUPPORT GROUP LAST NlGHT AND, MUCH TO MY SUPRlSE, WHEN l GOT THERE AT AROUND 9:30 PM SHE WAS STlLL lN SURGERY!  APPARENTLY, SHE WAS WAlTlNG lN DAY SURGERY FOR 12 HOURS AND lT WAS ALMOST 6:00 PM BEFORE THEY TOOK HER TO THE SURGlCAL UNlT.  l STAYED WlTH HER PARTNER AND SOME FAMlLY MEMBERS UNTlL SHE WAS OUT OF RECOVERY AND BACK lN HER ROOM (WHlCH WAS ABOUT 11:30 PM LAST NlGHT).  DR. SRlKANTH SAlD THE SURGERY WENT WELL AND WHEN l SAW HER / SPOKE TO HER BRlEFLY, SHE LOOKED GOOD AND ASlDE FROM THE PAlN WAS DOlNG WELL.  BARRlNG ANY UNFORSEENCOMPLlCATlON SHE WlLL BE HOME LATER TODAY.

PLEASE VlSlT NEAN'S PROFlLE (http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/nean) AND POST A BRlEF MESSAGE ON HER SURGERY SUPPORT PAGE.

THANK YOU!

AMY