prompt: I sat in the waiting room last weekend and waited and waited to find out how my dad's neck surgery turned out. This was one of those last ditch effort to keep his cervical vertebrae from having to be fused.
utterance: Yes_comma_ hopefully he does_comma_ because this was one of the last neck surgeries they were willing to do before fusing his neck completely_comma_ not allowing him to be able to turn his head anymore.