Good news. Fresh views

Stan Here:

By now you know that whenever the title has a little rhyme it is coming from me. Deb has always wondered why I think in rhymes. I am not sure either. It just is the way is. And the way it is today is that we have some good news. Surgery #8 took place at around 10 this morning and took only about one hour. This is what we were hoping for.  Most of you know that Deb had a stoma that for all intents and purposes was not right and was going to cause lots of pain (and was). It needed to be revised to provide some entry into  "life of normal".  We were told that if the Doc could not accomplish this from the outside he might have to go in again. By experience we know that the potential of this type of surgery can be very invasive and requires additional time in both the surgery room and the hospital.

So the good news is that the surgery only took one hour and the surgeon did a nice job of accomplishing everything we desired from the outside (without going in). I think the medical term might be "minimally invasive".  So Deb comes back to the room in  short order and this thing is fixed.  Finally, what looks like some sort of break.  I think compared to all that has happened Deb feels like this is more of a band aid type surgery and she is pretty happy.  In fact the possibility of her coming home Saturday is in the cards and I think she might covet Easter at home. Last year on Easter she was just coming out of ICU, she was confused and really hurting. Every part of this stands on a more promising level that that.

I have reported before that she has not had all that many breaks in this deal and everything right now would point in the direction that she might finally get one.  By now we have become accustomed to long stays and even this news does not make us feel in the clear.  I know this. Only one as close to her as I could fully understand the pain and other issues she has endured and this time it looks like the result she deserves is there. We will hold and hope that does come true.

As for fresh views. I am going to clean the garage, the car, and do a few other things in the AM and I am hoping to pick her up sometime this weekend.  The springtime seems to be getting here and perhaps this time we can combine the good news with some fresh springtime views that bring and allow Deb some relief from all the stuff she has faced down in these times.

That is the news and views.

Stan