She is in very high spirits, and very optimistic.

He is in high spirits. Obviously he sounded a lot more optimistic than when I saw him in prison a year and a half ago.

She did have some bleeding and did require some transfusions. She was taken back to the operating room and she is now stable and the bleeding is under control.

I think she has a realistic view of the difficulty and magnitude of what she has undertaken.

Mom has very strong religious beliefs, and that was not something she would entertain.

She was willing to forgo eating to allow extra room for the babies to grow.