Mom's surgery was a success. It was a long procedure (we dropped her off at 6:30, she in at 8:30, and we didn't see her again until 6 at night) in which they replaced the plate on her left femur with a longer plate and added two more cables and three screws to tighten the plate to the bone. The doctors were very happy with how everything went and mom was in good spirits tonight. They're going to keep her a couple of nights, which means a much-deserved break for my poor father. I fly home tonight and begin to edit some kind of clip select sequence together for finishing fund grants. Sinisa oversaw the telecine at Entertainment Post and said the footage looked great (whew). Apparently our telecine guy was the fella that oversaw Pi and Garden State.

I'm heading  to San Diego today for the holidays, and to prepare for the Super 16mm shoot (December 28th - January 4th). Sinisa and I prep the Elaine at Panavision on the 20th. I've been alright about staving off The Fear, but I've got it good right now - feels like my lungs are too small for my body.