Mom's surgey went well

Just a quick update on the past few days with Mom. Thursday was her birthday - and we celebrated by going to San Francisco to have blood work done, and to see the orthopedic surgeon for her hip (fun, fun - we really know how to party!!). Tanya is up in Oregon on vacation, and my van ended up in the shop (still there) - so the trip consisted of Cheri (my sister), Nathan, Esther, Mom and me. We left at o'dark hundred after she opened her present from me. Then her present from the surgeon was that her hip was completely healed, and she did not need a hip replacement. Also, she did not need anything done with her knee, the screws were fine, and the swelling and pain were from arthritis. As far has her leg pain from her hip - she just needs to push it. Eventually it will hurt less and less, the more she pushes it. After we were done with that, we did go to Tartine Bakery - which was featured on Food Network's "The Best Thing I Ever Ate", to get their chocolate croissants. I also got Mom a "birthday pie" - her favorite, coconut cream - and a coconut macaroon! We covered the sweet tooth all around! Then we went to her favorite restaurant, Red Lobster, for linner (no typo - lunch and dinner combined - linner). :-)
When she arrived home, she was surprised to find beautiful flowers and gifts from Megan Dold and Cindie Blodgett.
Then the next day, Friday, Mom and I went back to San Francisco for her Microwave Ablation surgery on the mass in her liver. Mom keeps telling everyone that it is cancer, but it has not been diagnosed as cancer. They won't know that, unless they do a biopsy, which they haven't done. The liver doctor is just treating it as if it is cancer, as it is an active mass in her liver, and we need to get her a transplant. Unfortunately Mom's liver disease causes confusion and memory loss, so Mom tends to get her information confused sometimes. You can always ask Tanya or me to get the exact details.
The surgery went very well. They were able to do it lapriscopically as planned, and she did very well. We won't know how successful it was for another 6 weeks - when they repeat the scan to see how the mass looks. I stayed with her until she was in a room and sleeping well, then I got permission from her transplant coordinator to come home for the weekend, and drive back to pick her up on Sunday or Monday when she is ready - with the nurses having my phone numbers to call if there was any change or information that needed to be given.
I called today, and she is dong great. Of course the nurses just love her. She will be up walking around - and they are moving her to a regular room around 1 pm - so she will be able to get calls then.
As far as upcoming items - they want to try some cortisone shots in her knee to see if that helps with the arthritic pain. She needs to be walking every day, and pushing through the pain to get past the pain in her leg. They will be doing an endoscopy and colonoscopy in about 4 weeks as part of the liver transplant screening. And we will have continued visits with her doctors, blood tests and support group / training meetings. Hopefully with an extended criteria donor, she could have a new liver in 5-7months, before the liver disease gets too bad.
We are just grateful to be so blessed with such wonderful doctors, nurses and hospital staff at CPMC - just as Lucy did at UC Davis. We are truly blessed!