Update!

 This week has gone pretty well, mom hasn't seemed to be in much pain until last night when her pain pump emptied. We'll be taking it out today so one of the daytime nurses can help us redress the wound. She is getting pain pills as she needs them. She seems to be healing pretty well. She's stopped screaming after meals, which means the surgery has been successful.

Dad was talking to one of his coworkers/friends, and she was telling him about how painful abdominal hernias are. She told him about how about a half an hour after she ate anything, it would become excruciatingly painful. Her hernia was about the size of a golf ball. Mom had two, and they were about the size of Dad's fist. (He has a huge fist). I can't even imagine. So, that explains why mom would scream about half an hour after meals. It had to hurt so much...

There are also no signs that her body is rejecting the mesh they used to close the hernias. Hallelujah!