[at-l] timmy update...

Thu Feb 15 07:19:04 CST 2007

 Thoughts, prayers, hopes and best wishes are with her. I don't presume to speak for the entire group, but if the kindness and friendship I've experienced since joining have been any indication of the overall sentiment of the group, I believe everyone joins me in hoping for the best for her.

 Mary

 -----Original Message-----
 From: yugrekih at yahoo.com
 To: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
 Sent: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 7:58 AM
 Subject: [at-l] timmy update...

  How is this for a quick update!!!  Emails from Peter Pan (Timmys hubby Al) about 
Timmy's (Cinda's) pancreas removal operation:

2/13 - We flew to Minneapolis via Cincinnati on Saturday.  Our flight from 
Cincinnati to Minneapolis had been cancelled but they put us on a flight that 
got to Minn a couple of hours later.  Sunday we spent mostly sleeping.  We got 
to the hospital at 7:00 on Monday morning.  After pre-op Cinda went to the 
operating room at 10:20.  The surgery lasted 2.5 hours.  Following that she was 
in the recovery room for another 2 hours. The surgery went very well.  As of 
Tuesday afternoon her pain has decreased quite a bit but is still significant.  
The pain medication does a good job in controlling it.  We don’t know how long 
we’ll be up here but it will probably be in the range of a week or so.

2/14 - We’ve had some adventures in the past 30 or so hours.  Cinda had a low 
blood sugar episode yesterday afternoon which resolved quickly. Toward evening 
she began having a severe reaction to the IV pain medication.  The doctors 
decided to change to a different pain medication and the hallucinations cleared 
up temporarily. Unfortunately she experienced a similar reaction with severe 
hallucinations at 2:00 this morning.  At that point the doctors decided that she 
had to be off the IV pain medication completely.  They prescribed oral 
medication but due to foul-up in the pharmacy it took 2 ½ hours to get the pain 
medication up to her room.  Eventually though they did get the pain back under 
control and things are going remarkably well now.  She was up and walking 
several times today and by the last time Al was struggling to keep up with her! 

Pittsburgh

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