die, back pain, die

Things might slow down here a bit as Mary Pat has to have back surgery tomorrow. She's having a spinal fusion procedure done in her neck that will hopefully alleviate the pain she has been wading through for over a year. We'll be in Birmingham at Carraway Hospital until Tuesday. Please keep your fingers crossed for her.

UPDATE: Success! According to the neurosurgeon, the operation went "really, really well." After a necessarily rough night in the hospital, MP is back home in Montgomery chilling on the couch, sipping tea and letting her back breathe a long-waited sigh of relief. She'll be out of commission for around two weeks. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and phone calls!