Dr. Duffy’s report was very optimistic. He said the operation went as well as it possibly could, and that the swelling is an expected phenomena. It was going to get worse before it got better. He remarked very enthusiastically that the movement she is showing on her left side is wonderful because it indicates that it was already controlled from the left hemisphere. Ella is receiving the blood transfusion now and later an agent that will start her on a process of shedding some of the accumulated liquids. On the negative side, two of the IV lines into her legs needed to be taken out because they were leaking and no longer useful. They are finding it very difficult to insert new ones because she is so incredibly swollen. Her breathing rate seems to increase when I talk to her. I wonder if that is really true. Mine will if she talks to me.