Mom is in Recovery. I got up at 4:15 a.m. today and got ready. I arrived at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at 5:30 a.m. and met up with Mom and Russ. Russ and I stayed with Mom and escorted her into pre-op. She went into surgery at 7:30 a.m. At 10:45 a.m. we got a call that she was out of surgery. We finally got to see her for a few minutes in recovery at around 11:30 a.m. She looked good and seemed alert. Russ and I had lunch at the Longwood Galleria at around noon. We are currently waiting for her to be moved into a room. We expect her to be here for most of the week. Russ and I have been waiting most of the day in the Family Resource Room........Bretholtz Center....something like that. It's pretty nice here. They have two televisions...and free snacks...and computers...and a library with a nice librarian named Cara who is also a Simmons GSLIS alum. I should get back to Russ...and my free beverage.