Well, she called 911 yesterday because she thought she was having a heart attack, turned out she just (!) broke another rib, which she does every so often. This time she was ironing, the last time she was opening a jar... so she is IN the hospital now and has decided, thank you all and all, to have the surgery, but now she has a gum ionfection and they can't risk it!! If it isn't Isabel, it's something (Isabel is why I haven't been here in a while). I'd still like to hear from Guest - Gargoyle if anyone knows them in the real world... meanwhile the surgeon/hospital combo apparently has about 1/3 to 1/5 the average american morbidity risk for this surgery, so I feel that she will be getting the best care there is, which is great to feel. Of course I'm still worried but it isn't the same worry, thanks all! As usual you are a great community.

NOW we need the music for this... any songs about pig valves in humans, for instance? (She's already wondering what our moslem relatives will think...)