I am having my surgery for the spinal stenosis on Friday. I went for my pre-op appointment today and am feeling much better about it. I’ll be in the hospital overnight. I’ll be staying with my mom at least Saturday and mostly Sunday depending on how I feel. So that is more of a wait and see thing.
There seems to be minimal risk with this surgery. There are severe risks but the chances are really low. I think there’s a greater chance of me getting an infection. lol He’s fairly confident that the surgery will help me and relieve my symptoms.
And now for more important matters: Lolli! 
Since I should only be gone for the weekend, Lolli will be at home. My mom will be coming and checking on her and feeding her. I will worry about her, but know she will be fine. She doesn’t seem to care if I’m here or not or what I’m doing as long as she has food, water, and gets treats. lol Treats are the most important thing of course.
She will also be penned up so my mom can find her and make sure she is ok. With this I worry about her self mutilating herself again – obsessive grooming. I’m pretty sure she was bored when she first start obsessively grooming. I expanded her pen at the time and she stopped doing it. But she hasn’t been penned up since before Eddie died. So we’ll see.
All she does anyways is sleep and eat. lol When I get home, she’ll be back to being free range.
So I’ll probably post a soon as I’m able. lol It might just be a “i’m alive” post but I’ll post something. haha At the moment, I’m more worried about leaving Lolli by herself than I am for myself. I have had surgeries all my life, so while I am nervous, I don’t completely freak out or anything. It just seems to be par for the course for me. And Lolli’s my baby. But I do feel a bit better leaving her alone than Eddie. Eddie was a big baby and always needed me. Lolli’s a lot more independent. 