On Thursday, I’m having surgery on my elbow. I have a torn ligament and a bone that is kinda floating around and never connected to the other arm bones so it’s being removed. The surgery will be half an hour (!) outpatient and I’ll be at the hospital for about four hours if all goes well.
I’ll have my arm in a sling for a week and that’s gonna be tough since I’m right handed. It also means I have to be off the computer for at least two weeks. A month tops. So the blog will be a little quiet and I can’t work on any projects or my elbow won’t heal.
I’m very, VERY nervous. The surgery has a 75% chance of working, but me being me, I’m like, “But there’s a 25% chance that it WON’T and then I’ll still be in pain and can’t write without having to stop a lot or not write at all for days.” This surgery is really a career make or break for me. I’m beyond nervous, actually. More like flat out terrified.
I like my doctor a lot, though. He had the surgery on his own elbow and it worked for him, so I’m hopeful. I’m just trying not to think about it too much until it gets here.
Please, please send all of the good luck vibes you can muster my way on Thursday morning. I don’t know what time my surgery is–I won’t know until Wednesday night. I’ll let you guys know tho via Twitter.
Much <3!
Jessica Burkhart 
Jess, surgery can be scary. But we as your Harts know you and love you; the surgery WILL be successful! Crossing my fingers that the surgery works! (Even tho it will!) And if you can’t blog for awhile that’s ok…we want you to take all the time you need to heal. Love you! ❤
My best friend had surgery on her elbow too. She’s an amazing gymnast and has endured a ton of injuries. She had the exact same issue as you – a bone that didn’t fuse to the other ones in the elbow. She got surgery after her elbow really started to bother her. The surgery she had was to use another part of the bone in her elbow to fuse the loose bone. She had to have this thing attached to her elbow (it looked like a long fishing pole) to keep it in constant motion and she was out for a few months. It’s been a year since her surgery and she can flip and tumble like she’d never done anything to it! You’ll be fine too; back and writing amazing books in no time! Best of luck ❤
GOOD LUCK!!! I know you will do just fine! Have faith in yourself!
Jess, i have had to have surgery before.. and i was super nervous but it turned out fine.. just like yours will
How did the surgery go? I hope it went well and that you can blog again. Praying for a fast recovery!