She is in my thoughts and prayers.
An update on what has been going on with my sister, as I finally got an explanation of what the surgery was for. It seems that my sister had an issue of her stomach producing too much acid and with her stomach having been reduced during her initial gastric bypass surgery, that caused an ulcer to form at the junction of her stomach and her intestines. Her gastric surgeon went in and fixed it, for what we all thought for good, but alas it wasn't to be, due to what her doctor found out in recent months, that staples caused scar tissue and other issues, plus, she was still producing a lot of acid. So here we are on her 3rd incident with this ulcer causing the junction to swell and bleed. But this is going to be the final time, as she now has no stomach, he completely removed it, so that there is no place for the acid to form or cause trouble.
The surgery was only supposed to last 4 hours, but she was in there for 8, seems that she kept bleeding and they had problems getting it to stop, am still not sure what caused that, I forgot to ask, plus time was running out, as I had just finished coloring my niece's hair and while she waited for the allotted time for it to set, she returned the favor by cutting my hair, which is something that I have been wanting done for awhile now, and I have to say that the loss of my hair felt weird, but it feels wonderful and no more hair falling out because the weight is too much. I am hoping this will help with the trouble with my neck, the other good thing is that if it gets blown around in the wind I don't end up with clumps of snarls or rats nests. I know some of you will be glaring at me or worse want to do worse things to me, but rest assured, I only had it cut up to the base of my shoulder blades, as I couldn't handle it going any shorter and the best part is that it is now all my original color, until I decide what color to change it to. LOL
So things are going well, my sister will be coming home tomorrow afternoon, but I think she's going to be on a liquid diet for another week or two, at least until the surgery site is fully healed, otherwise she might end up with a blockage or something worse and her, her family and the rest of us don't want anymore stress from this to continue. So we will make sure that she doesn't try to sneak anything she isn't supposed to eat, which is going to be hard, since it is her favorite time of the year, and all the goodies that are sent to their house, it's going to drive her nuts, but we will have to assure her that most of it can be frozen and kept until she is given the okay to enjoy her treats.
Thank you my family for all the thoughts and prayers sent her way, I ask that you keep them coming as her road to recovery is not yet done, just a little longer and maybe this will finally be done and over with.
