Get well soon, Lindsay!

My friend Lindsay had open-heart surgery Monday to repair two valves. Long story short, what the doctors found was not what they expected, which was not necessarily bad. What is indisputably bad is that they had to cut her open again because someone left a sponge inside her! Seriously, does this sort of thing actually happen? At Johns Hopkins, The Greatest Hospital in the World?

I'm leaving Thursday for a three week hike to Everest Base Camp, and although I'm excited about the trek, it's going to drive me nuts not being able to know how she's doing.

Please include her in your thoughts and prayers.