A brand new day…
Good morning all…it was a long night but today is a new day. Laurie is doing extremely well…in fact I got a text message from her this morning around 6:30 saying they had her up and moving and she is hopeful that she will be released tomorrow…we will see…I have to say it is absolutely amazing how resilient the human body is…knowing what it went through just several very short hours ago…the fact that she is up and moving is a testament to that resilience, her strength of character and God’s own grace…
The removal of her gallbladder went well and the repair of the hernia as well…the complications arose from the amount of scar tissue that had built up from her initial RNY surgery in October of 2007 it had to be removed and then she was that less than 1% of Gastric bypass patients whose large intestine got crimps in and was tangled up strangulating her system. So they had to remove the crimps and untangle her large intestines which is what made for a much more complex surgery and tacked on a number of extra hours. It was a scary time in that waiting room but at the end of the day she is a real trooper and she is feeling much better this morning and I believe she was going to get to have full liquids this morning and I know she was excited about that…we C & P girls are funny creatures, we get excited about the darndest things 
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Anyway…this is just to let you all know that she is on the road to mending…and I am declaring that besides Kim J. no one else is allowed to have any of these surgeries. This kind of overachieveing is uncool…the only reason Kim gets a pass is because she already has a surgery date…but the rest of you…nu unh!
Love to you all this Thursday morning…
xoxo…Jil
**Update on Laurie**
She made it through surgery and is resting. There were some complications and what should have been a routine surgery ended up running an extra 3 hours or so. I will go into detail tomorrow morning but for now I just wanted you guys to know she is okay…
Thanks for all the prayers she is grateful for them all…as am I…
XOXO…Jil
Laurie~~an update…
I just got off the phone with Laurie and they are about to wheel her into surgery. They will be removing her gallbladder for sure but of more concern is the hernia. They believe the hernia is intestinal and most likely it is strangulating her system, they won’t know the extent until they go in…
Her surgery is at 5:00pm today, so again as many prayers and well-wishes as you could send her way would be much appreciated.
Love to you all…Jil
