My thanks to each and every one of you for your kind words, positive messages, and for your prayers. Susan came through the surgery yesterday just fine and she's home today, although she's pretty tired (neither of us is all that young any more). And my daughter took her older sister back home last night, and when she left the apartment parking lot, the car (her mother's car) began making a weird noise and was handling funny. Instead of stopping and calling me to help her, she drove the car about six miles back home on a flat tire, which I had replaced today.
Life is so much fun. But we all face such interesting episodes, so I don't feel singled out. I'm just thankful that Susan's surgery went as well as it did, that the wheel wasn't damaged on the car, and that my daughter has learned a valuable lesson about cars.