A quick update from the hospital where Sue had her surgery this morning. Everything went just as planned. Sue is in recovery now and will be moved to the intensive care unit for a day or two shortly. She and I arrived here at 5:45 am. Sure enough, people started shuffling us from place to place, room to room, while doing absolutely nothing. We're onto this bunch. They have this strategy of keeping patients on the move to mask the long, long delays between check-in and SOMETHING. Sue went into actual surgery at 8:30 am and was out around 10:50.

More later.

Sandi, we surely enjoy your informative and interesting posts! The three of us are writing a poem for you with date, eight, and mate in it. [And god only knows what else.]