Message from Michelle Beard's Daughter, Jennifer:
I wanted to let you all know that my mom has made it through the surgery. I spoke with my dad at a little after Noon today and she had just been moved to recovery.
Although she has not yet awakened from the anesthesia, they anticipate she will be conscious in an hour or so. She is still on a respirator, and will continue to be, until they are sure she can breathe well on her own.
Once out of recovery, she will be in ICU until tomorrow morning when they will do another procedure to make sure there is no leakage and that things are healing as they should.
At that point, provided everything is still ok, they will move her out of ICU, and she should be released from the hospital (again, provided no other complications arise) by Thursday late afternoon.
I will keep you all updated on her progress and let you know if anything changes.
Jennifer