Monday, May 25, 2009

Another Surgery Down

Stephanie had surgery today to correct the SMA Syndrome she's been suffering from the past month. Originally we hoped it could be corrected laproscopically, unfortunately that wasn't the case. The doctor made a small incision and basically removed the contents of her abdomen and put them back in lower to remove the small intestine from the area where the areteries were pinching together.
Everything went well and Stephanie is now recovering. Unfortunately she can't swallow anything, which is really tough for someone as addicted to ice as she has become. She also has a PCA pump again, which is a pretty good thing for her.
In less important news we got moved yesterday to a larger room with a stretcher for me to sleep on. Not quite as nice as the original room she was in a few weeks ago, which was pretty much a suite, but still much nicer than the pull out couch to sleep on.

3 comments:

Cindy McLean said...

Oh my goodness Steph....I leave town a few days....and...Well, I hope you are feeling better!I went to Washington D.C. with my daughter to visit her college roommate. Her roomie, works for Homeland Security, so had a private tour guide. We went to the Memorial Day celebration that was on the lawn of the the Capitol building which was quite impressing of itself! It was on TV so my family watched it. How are the boys? Do gets some rest and I am praying for strength for ya! HUGS FROM ARKANSAS!

Diane said...

Stepahnie and Warner,

Praying for both of you tonight.

In Jesus' love,
Diane

Anonymous said...

Good Morning! SO THRILLED the surgery went well - love yall and praying this works....it will have to feel better than the tube in the nose....LOVE and HUgs SKSB