Scratch everythig I've said ablut how good Alvin was doing. Yesterday morning we had to take him to emergency and last night at 1:30AM the finished his surgery. They had to completely openhim up. Where the small bowel was connected had formed some adhesions and had blocked his bowels and they had been leaking for quite some while, and yesterday morning it burst.

He is in intensive care and will be for about a week or so, and the say that he will be in the hospital several weeks. While he's in intesnsive care I am at home trying to take care of my knee.

Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as this is liable to be a long drawn out affair.

Debkay is that what you went through? Howlong were you in the hospital? How soon after surgery did this happen to you?

Oh Barb, I am SO sorry to hear this news! My heart, thoughts and prayers are on their way even as I type! Let me, us know what else we can do to help you out. I really mean this!

Barb~ You and Alvin will be in my prayers daily. I know how critical it is when bowel products get into the system and I know that it will be a long and difficult road to go down. But please know that we are here for you in whatever capacity you need. And as Annie said, I mean that with all my heart.

Please, don't forget to take care of yourself through all of this, and try to stay strong.
{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}

~~~Sil

Oh Barb !!
Hugs & Kisses and Loads of Prayers your way !

Love, Leens

I'm not sure of the entire story, but you have my prayers!!!!!!!!!!!! stay positive!

Please know that many prayers and warm thoughts are being sent your way from your Houston friend.


Janice

Oh Barb! (((((HUGS))))) and prayers being sent your way!!!

I'm so sorry Barb. You and Alvin are in my very warmest, best, most positive thoughts.

I, too, am sending healing, heartening thoughts your way. I'm so sorry this has happened to you.
Faith and courage.
LindaBC

Barb -- all good thoughts and prayers go out to you and Alvin...
lots of hugs coming your way, too........

((((((((((((Barb AND Alvin))))))))))))))))

You need to take care of yourself too! Bless both your hearts, please let us know as he improves (I'm certain he will). Warm thoughts and many prayers from SC.

Barb,
All good things going your way...Speedy recovery to you both.
-L

Barb my thoughts and prayers are with both you and Alvin.

Do they think this was caused from Alvin's bypass surgery?

Barb what I had was a little diffrent, I had a leak in the new pouch which was repaired the day after the original surgery. What caused my TOO LONG hospital stay was an infection which formed on my left lung, from the gasses from the leak. So mine is a little diffrent from Alvins.

Take care of yourself.

Debbie

Sending prayers and hugs your way Barb.

peach

Debkay Yes Alvin's problem is directly related to his surgery. When they took him in to do the surgery the did not think so, but when the got in there they found adhesions had caused a kink in the small bowwell, and for who know how long, everything he was eating was staying in the part of the bowels above the kink When it got as fullpacked as possible it caused the area where the bowelbypas was connected to blow apart. The repaired the connection as well as the could, but there was lots of abcess in his abdominal cavity. Gross enough for you?