Our daughter age 46 is having an open abdominal hysterectomy in Oct. She has two fibroids - her MRI showed that one of fibroids is the size of a four month embryo. She was told that the average recovery time is 6-8 weeks. Her GYN said that she would only be in the hospital for two nights. She is a single mother with two children ages 15 and 9, and we are planning to come up from FL for her surgery and stay during her recovery. When may she climb a flight of stairs to her bedroom? The other question I have is when would she be allowed to drive a car? My husband and I would like to have a time frame in order to determine the length of time we should allow for her needs. Thank you very much, Pam YYYY@YYYY