Finally a good Report

Stan Here:

Well here it is. Surgery is over. The whole problem was being caused by a kink about 6" away from where they had previously resectioned. This was very good news. What it means is that they did not have to resection the spot that they had done before and once they got the kink fixed they could tell that the barium started to flow through like it was supposed to.  Deb is quite releived and happy although she is just now starting to converse and undersstand the whole thing. It is 1:30 now and the whole thing started at 7:30 this morning.

A couple of other good things. There had been some worry that the pockets of infection that existed could cause some problems with deterioration of surronding tissue. This was not as bad as they feared. In other words they said that things looked good in there and the tissue was in better shape than they had expected.  The fact that they did not have to cut again the intestinal tract will speed up the process of introducing foods.  The orignal spot they fixed 4 weeks ago was well healed and did not have the scar tissue they supected was causing the problem in the first place.

More later, but I wanted to get this out for people who have followed. Before I close I want to thank the people of Beechwood who joined in prayed in a special  right as the procedure was going on this morning. Greg TenBrink said this morning that he was not sure if it had ever, (in his ministry) happened that surgery for going on right during the service. He presented a touching prayer along with the entire congregation.  I think if Deb ever needs anything done again we might try to set it up for Sunday morning.  Thanks everyone who talked and prayed with me this morning!!!!

Stan