Another update on Dawn. She is out of her first surgery. This surgery was strictly to open her air way. The mass had her airway closed to only the size of a drinking straw. They took samples of the mass and are now trying to figure out what it actually is and what may have caused it. She will be here for at least 5 days, and quite possibly more. Right now they have a tracheotomy tube?, hole in her throat, so that she can breathe, and it will make it much easier for them to get her oxygen if she starts having further issues. She can't talk for now, and probably won't be able to for a day or so. Will post more later. Hoping to go see her soon. They did say that it is a good thing that I forced her to go to the ER today because if she had started having a serious breathing issue like she has the past couple days, and we were somewhere not very close to a hospital, she might not have made it through it.