Just to do a quick introduction, my name is Marc and I'm Jane's son. My father and I were with her this morning as she was admitted around 6:00 AM. All of the medical staff was extremely comforting and took the time to explain everything fully.
Once the nurse had set her up on the monitoring equipment, a couple of other doctors spoke with her, confirming her name, allergies, surgery she was planning to have today, etc. The anesthesiologist was most helpful, explaining all of the processes and procedures of the surgery (to her as well as my father and I in the process) in a way that could be easily understood, even by someone no so prepared as my mom.
We were with her right until the beginnings of the general anesthesia were administered and she was still conscious, but no longer coherent. She was wheeled off to the O.R. just a bit before 8:00 AM.
We expect to hear from the surgeon around noon, and I'll be posting an update this afternoon in the Post Surgery section.
