News From An Englishman...

Okay everyone, I'm Mark and i'm Ronda's husband...as some of you may know! :)

Just a quick blog from myself to keep you all updated...

Me and Sarah (Ronda's sister) went with ronda to the hospital and we got there for about 1pm. A nurse came in after 2 hours and told us that her surgery had been put back an hour or two...but it was still going to go ahead.

Ronda had a few visitors from Dr Belnap's office who were so happy that she was finally going to get in and have her op. They stayed quite a while...maybe 40 mins. Nice that they were so concerned about her...

We were still in the room at 5pm when Ronda's Mom & Dad and little Hallie (Sarah's daughter) arrived..Hallie was quiet and a little angel (thogh 6 hours waiting eventually took its toll on that!) :)

A guy came and took Ronda about 5.10 pm...and they showed us to the waiting room as we said our goodbyes..

It was one long wait! 9.30pm arrived and we were all starting to wander what was taking so long...4 hours. Ronda's mom asked her dad to make a call on the courtesy phone. He was told that Dr Belnap was just taking it slowly and that everything was going well...at least we knew everything was going well.

Just before 11pm...Dr Belnap came and saw us. He didn't say much. He said the operation had gone well and Ronda was in the recovery room. He told us she would need to get up and walk a lot the next few days - she would need exercise. Also gave us information on the foods she should be looking to eat and what size of meal she should be looking to eat. He said he was hopeful of her being home soon, sounds like there's a good chance she might be home Sunday...

So we went up to another waiting room and waited for them to bring her up...which they did after about 15-20 mins...Ronda was wheeled into the waiting room on her way to her new room. Obviously she was very tired and just wanted to sleep. We all got to see her and give her our love and saw her in her new room...and thats about it! We shall be travelling down their in the next few hours hopefully...

I know the support and love Ronda has received as helped her very much and as been a strength to her, i thank you all for your support!

Onto other matters....Another year of improvement for Aston Villa in the English Football Premier League...but it looks like falling flat at the minute!! C'mon Villa!!!!! Well, I am English!! :)

God Bless you all..
Love Mark...