Surgery #3

Hello everyone, this is Mieke. We want to keep you all updated because things have changed here at the hospital. I am finding myself, once again, sitting in the waiting room. Mom has just gone in for another surgery. They came to the decision that surgery was best because the site of the infection could not be identified and she was not getting any better after a series of antibiotics. Today she was consistently short of breath with a high pulse. Something is just not right in her body and there is no way of determining what is going on with routine tests. The doctor who performed the very first surgery, back in August, is currently operating to try and figure out what is going on inside of her. There might be some type of tear in her intestines or bowels. This seems to be the only likely cause of all the problems that her body is struggling to fight. Please pray that they find the cause of the infection during this surgery and that they are able to fix it.

This turn of events certainly was not expected or pleasant. As her family, it is hard to watch her not get any better. She was not scared one bit to go into surgery. Mostly she just wanted an answer. Today has probably been the longest day of her life. She said that multiple times. Of course the hospital places a big black ticking clock right in front of her bed. She starred at it all day hoping and watched the time pass by slowly. At this time we can't have any visitors outside of our immediate family. Thank you for prayers and support.

-Mieke