Today some of the staff from the Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit was able to meet Cheryl and start to prepare for tomorrow. Currently Cheryl is on 4400 and is the first surgery in the morning. This means that she will be taken to the operating room around 6:40 AM tomorrow 1/27/09. Her surgery will begin around 7:30 and will last anywhere from 2-3 hours. After her surgery she will come directly to our unit. We explained this to Cheryl and she is aware that she will have a breathing tube in. Cheryl told us that she was able to recognize some of the nurses from pictures that we sent. Also, she stated that she noticed the room she was in from pictures. She said that she wanted to turn around in North Carolina when they ran into some problems as the previous post said; however, she said that she is excited and glad she made it and is ready for surgery. Tomorrow I will make a post to update how she is doing after surgery.