Colleen: surgery successful

[mdlbear]

Just a quick note to say that the surgeon came out to tell me that Colleen's surgery was completely successful. She's lost a couple of feet of small intestine, and had a "Swiss cheese" of little hernias consolidated and patched over with a large hunk of biomesh.

Happy bear.

Comments

[blaurentnv.livejournal.com]

Great news! Thanks for the frequent updates.

[hms42]

THanks for the great news!

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

Wonderful to hear!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry it took so long to get here. All win -

[ravan.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay! Finally, Kaiser sees something through!

Good thoughts for the recovery phase.

[trystel.livejournal.com]

So glad for you both. :-) Big (but gentle) hugs to Colleen on this last leg of what I hope to be a FULL recovery!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Good to hear!

[rowanf.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! So glad. Onward to full recovery & function!

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

Hugs and Kisses

[mysticfig.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! When we spoke on the phone the other day, she still planned to be at Consonance. Hope it's still the case!

[mdlbear]

If they let her out of the hospital any time in the next week, she'll be there. (We're hoping for Tuesday.)

We may have to put one of our powered recliners in the back of the van and lug it between the concert room and the con suite, but we can do it.

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it's a good result. Here's hoping for an uncomplicated recovery.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

What a GREAT relief!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Best of luck for a full and speedy recovery!

[kayshapero]

Wonderful news! Give Colleen a hug for me.

[obsessivewoman.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she finally got in.

[obsessivewoman.livejournal.com]

And could get the hernias also taken care of. Geez. Will the removal of some the small intestine help with stopping the fistulas?

[mdlbear]

Yes, as will fixing the hernia. It's all part of the same set of problems. The chunk of small intestine they took out included the fistula and all of the other active Crohn's problems.

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear it!!!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[brmj.livejournal.com]

Great news!

[carmiel.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Wishing a quick recovery!

[animekid.livejournal.com]

*cheer* \(^_^)/

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad.

[artbeco.livejournal.com]

Yay and gentle hugs for you both!

[it-aint-easy.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Quick recovery wishes for Colleen.

[madfilkentist]

Good to hear.

[ifics.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'll pray for a full recovery,

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

May her recovery be just as swift and uncomplicated as the surgery was! And may none of these things ever trouble her again!