“…the original characinoid tumor in fact was what was causing the pain.”
“My Mary is fortunate to have you all be... who you are, in your own separate ways. “
“We will continue to fight this fight….”
Family and Friends,
My apologies in advance for what will be a sleep deprived update.
We wanted to bring everyone up to speed on the latest. Last night Mary's stomach pain reached a whole new level during which she started vomiting... Soon after we found ourselves at the ER before 7PM. Mary was admitted to Evergreen Hospital with blocked bowel by 10PM. After a night of very little if any sleep we decided on surgery as soon as Dr. Johnson became available. It was determined by the physician team that the original characinoid tumor in fact was what was causing the pain. Surgery started at 2:00pm and went until after 4:00pm.
During surgery they removed Mary’s appendix, a set of lymph nodes, the carcinoid tumor, 25-50 cm of distal small bowel, 25cm-50cm of her colon and a small batch of stud carcinoid growths off her remaining bowel prior to sewing her back up.
Needless to say Mary’s much anticipated trip to South Africa will be put on hold until later on in the year. Thank God that Mary’s bowel acted up Wednesday and Thursday instead of later on next week, I could not imagine finding a qualified physician in the Greater Zulu Nyala Gaming Reserve. This is the second time Mary has been delayed on her African Safari dream trip (the 1st time was a trip scheduled to depart on September 21st 2001).
Assuming her healing from today’s surgery goes according to plan the visit to MD Anderson in Houston, TX will go on as scheduled from June 10th-19th.
My Mary is fortunate to have you all be... who you are, in your own separate ways. I say thank you, again, and again. We will continue to fight this fight like we have done so far. We are all one, one united group of Friends and Family who will continue to watch this amazing person who we all know... Mary.
Jeff
“My Mary is fortunate to have you all be... who you are, in your own separate ways. “
“We will continue to fight this fight….”
Family and Friends,
My apologies in advance for what will be a sleep deprived update.
We wanted to bring everyone up to speed on the latest. Last night Mary's stomach pain reached a whole new level during which she started vomiting... Soon after we found ourselves at the ER before 7PM. Mary was admitted to Evergreen Hospital with blocked bowel by 10PM. After a night of very little if any sleep we decided on surgery as soon as Dr. Johnson became available. It was determined by the physician team that the original characinoid tumor in fact was what was causing the pain. Surgery started at 2:00pm and went until after 4:00pm.
During surgery they removed Mary’s appendix, a set of lymph nodes, the carcinoid tumor, 25-50 cm of distal small bowel, 25cm-50cm of her colon and a small batch of stud carcinoid growths off her remaining bowel prior to sewing her back up.
Needless to say Mary’s much anticipated trip to South Africa will be put on hold until later on in the year. Thank God that Mary’s bowel acted up Wednesday and Thursday instead of later on next week, I could not imagine finding a qualified physician in the Greater Zulu Nyala Gaming Reserve. This is the second time Mary has been delayed on her African Safari dream trip (the 1st time was a trip scheduled to depart on September 21st 2001).
Assuming her healing from today’s surgery goes according to plan the visit to MD Anderson in Houston, TX will go on as scheduled from June 10th-19th.
My Mary is fortunate to have you all be... who you are, in your own separate ways. I say thank you, again, and again. We will continue to fight this fight like we have done so far. We are all one, one united group of Friends and Family who will continue to watch this amazing person who we all know... Mary.
Jeff
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