Deja Vu

So it seems like not so long ago that I was sitting in this waiting room in Minnesota waiting anxiously for Dr. Sutherland to tell us that Jennie's Surgery went well, and here I find myself less than a year later back in the same place.

For the few who may not know, the surgery Dr. Sutherland talked about months ago has become necessary, and Jennie is having a subtotal colectomy (removal of part of the colon). Her pain the last few months had digressed to where it was before her pancreatectomy in June and Dr. Sutherland feels that this is due to her colon damage. We aren't as confident as he is, but I guess that can happen after frequently getting our hopes up time after time.

Jennie's surgery was at 9:30 this morning and it is 1:30 as I type this with no word as of yet. We were warned yesterday that he expected the surgery to take about 2.5 or 3 hours, but that it could vary depending on the extent of damage and anything else he might find while operating. They also didn't take her into the operating room until 9:45, so they were a little behind schedule to begin with.

This surgery is supposed to be much less dangerous, but the recovery time can still take up to 2 weeks in the hospital, so we may be up here almost as long this time also.

We are all getting nervous and anxious as it takes longer and longer for us to hear word, hopefully there haven't been any complications. If taking longer this time will avoid further problems, it will be worth the wait.

Please keep Jennie in your prayers, I will post later once we know more.