The Bionic Woman

Bill here. Kate's surgery went swimmingly, though rather long. So I guess it'd be more of a 1km freestyle then a 100m butterfly. Hmmm... surgeries and swimming have absolutely nothing in common... unless you count the fact that yer mostly naked for both.

But I digress. The surgery was great, and the bionics are expected to come online sometime later this week. No signs of cancer anywhere... but the doctors did take a couple biopsies and some peritoneal washings to make sure. Lab results in a week (but we're optimistic). They did take a short section of her small intestine out - apparently it had adhered to her abdominal wall after the last surgery. They also cleaned up adhesions around her left fallopian tube and ovary. Doctor's not terribly optimistic that it won't happen again, unfortunately. But he did tell Kate that the more she got up and moved around the less likely adhesion would occur.

So Kate's been sitting, walking, and farting up a storm for the past few days. She's had intermittent fevers (assumedly from the healing process), and some low blood pressure problems (nurses think it's cause she won't stay still). But most of these issues have disappeared over the last couple of days.

She hasn't eaten in five days, and is feeling a little crazy because of it. I woke up this morning to find her gnawing on her Nintendo in her sleep (also found teeth marks on my fingers... but I may have done that myself). She started with a little water today - and will move on to liquids for lunch. She should graduate to yogurt and blended foods tomorrow morning. She's quite excited about this - though she says she would prefer a burrito or some noodles.

So that's the news. She's doing fine - should be out of the hospital by Friday. Her new and improved bionic intestine will start digesting food with a vengeance by early next week. Okay it's not bionic - just a little bit shorter.

More later. Thanks for the support and prayers! She'll be back online soon!

Bill