Friday, July 18, 2008

Need Your Prayers

Don't have much time to give a lot of details, but wanted to request your prayers for my mother. All went well with her knee surgery on July 2nd. We then transferred her to our local hospital for rehab. The day after she arrived, it was discovered she had a bowel obstruction. They did surgery on the 6th, had to do a re-section. She seemed to be regaining function until this past Tuesday. Wednesday morning, tests revealed that she had yet another obstruction, but it was not clear on her CT scan how extensive because she was unable to drink all of the contrast. The decision was made to put a nasogastric tube down and just 'wait and see' if this resolves without surgical intervention. Another surgery, especially at this point, is VERY risky.

I am presently 'going it alone' in making all decisions concerning her treatment. Needless to say, I'm growing a little weary.

Appreciate your prayers!