Family (tight) circle

As I mentioned, mom got a fancy schmancy new knee yesterday.
The operation was at noon. I spoke with my mom the night before. After cleaning and shopping and finishing up her sewing pile and ordering new checks and killing every weed in the yard, she felt ready to go.
Yesterday at 2:30ish, my dad called to say the operation was successful, and the doctor said there wasn't much left to that knee (all that basketball in her youth, and her secret ninja skills) so she made a good decision.
At 2:40 I got an email from my sister, Lisa to let me know mom was fine. Just in case I hadn't heard from dad.
And then I spoke with her again at 6.
And my brother Brian called at 8.
And my mom called at 8:15, really tired and loopy, but not in the "this is fun" way.
And my brother Bill called at 9 to tell me that mom said she was dancing on tables (false) and that he was running for office in 2010, sponsored by Labatt Blue (also false).
And my dad called again at 9:30.

I am 2 and a half hours from all of them. But all of that contact made me feel like I was right there. It was nice to take part in so many calls that were to relieve anxiety and pass on good (and in Bill's case, ridiculous) news.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, and please keep 'em going. I hear PT for this surgery is no picnic.