Mom made it through the surgery just fine! I talked to her and she sounded really good, not even all doped up. And just as I
knew he would, my brother called me and said "Mom didn't make it through the surgery." He's still a buttface and I'm glad I hit him so often when we were kids. ;-) But he's awesome for everything he's doing to help mom through this.
So, all's well that ends well. I bet she's dying to smoke, but I don't think they're going to allow that for now. Hopefully her patches will help.
beowabbit and I sent her some beautiful flowers.
Thank you everybody for all the good wishes and assurances. I think this is going to turn out a lot less traumatic than I'd thought.