NEW Angel report on Ogretta-Part 2 DS

August 22, 2001

Just spoke with Ogretta at Mt. Sinai! she is amazing.

we spoke for almost an hour, just BSing. Can you

believe it! She's bee out of surgery for just 24 hrs

and was babbling away with me! She said she is way

more alert this time around. She also got a private

room AGAIN without even asking!!

So if any of you want to call her, her # at Mt. Sinai

is . Dr. Inanbnet said if she lived

locally he'd let her go home tomorrow, but since she

has a 3 hour drive he will keep her til friday.

I mentioned in an earlier post that Ogretta chose to

have the DS in 2 parts because of her high BMI. Dr.

Inabnet was on the phone all day monday trying to get

her approval for part 2. her insurance initially said

no to part 2. Well Inabnet said he spoke to them 5

times Monday and finally once more from 4:15 til 5:10,

until he got the OK. This way Ogretta was able to keep

her surgery date of tuesday. So that's the 411 on her

insurance deal. I do not remember what ins. co. she

has though.

Ogretta says Hello to everyone and a special shout out

to JOY FROST!!!! We will all be thinking of you JOY!

JILL K in NY

lap BPD/DS

4/5/01

GAGNER

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August 22, 2001