St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Sienna Campus, Henderson, Nevada

A picture of the hospital I had my spinal surgery at. The entire staff was wonderful.If anyone is worried about jobs - go to school and become a nurse as there is job security in this profession.

My stay was much longer than anticipated - Monday was surgery day (about a 3-hour procedure).

Day 2 I was moved to ICU (Intensive Care Unit) for 2 days due to low blood pressure 78/38. They called in a heart doctor to assess what was going on. Once I was regulated they moved me to a surgical recovery wing. Then a Puliminary doctor came in to discuss my low oxygen level. They kept taking my oxygen level and found that it was way below the acceptable level to be released (should have been 95 or higher and I was at 80). So the next step was full-time oxygen and breathing treatments. Also did a CT-Scan on my pulminary artery, ultra sound of leg artery looking for blood clots and a special blood test that they had to extract the blood from the artery.

Saturday morning, all tests came back normal but had to wait all day until the house doctor showed up to release me (6:00 pm Saturday) Too late to drive home so we are staying at the Fiesta Hotel and Casino, where Chris stayed at night.

I was one doped up gal for a few days with all the medications they were pumping into me so my recollections are kind of foggy. All the specialists confered and I most likely had a reaction to the anesthesia causing the low blood pressure and the low blood pressure caused the oxygen level to drop, which means I had fluid around or below or somewhere by my lungs.

Thanks all of you for your prayers, telephone calls, e-mails, inquiries through family and friends. Now I am on the road to recovery, dealing with the pain, limited mobility and wearing a mid-brace that I swear weighs 15 lbs.that I will be wearing for 3 months.

I especially want to thank my husband of 35+ years, Chris, for taking such good care of me before the surgery, while in the hospital and when we get home. Love You!