>I am so happy to hear such great news!! I was begining to worry that
>things werent going well. I am glad that is not the case. It helps
>releave so much of my tension with such good news of surgery! Of course,
>my count down has already started. We will leave home around 4pm on
>Thursday! My husband Dan & 2 of our kids, Jacob,almost 16 & Leigh Ann 13
>will go with us to Pheonix. Our daughter Frances almost 21 lives with
>my parents there. My flight will leave Friday morning at 10am & land in
>Newark, NJ for a couple of hours, then, it is off to Dusseldorf!! Thank
>you all for the support & raffle tickets purchaced & all the good wishes
>& most of all the love & understanding I have found from my IAS family.
>Robin
>
>At Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Pam Markford wrote:
>>
>>Hi All We received this from Bev. How exciting, the first news is so
>>encouraging for all. We will continue to keep all of them in our
>>prayers(especially Paul Lewis and Bev).
>>
>>Hello all;
>>
>>Mary Pomroy, Anne Hyashi & Helen Dynda have all completed their
>>surgeries today.
>>
>>Mary Pomroy did reform about 25% of her adhesions, and this time no
>>Intergel nor
>>Interceed could be used in her due to her reactions to things. We are
>>hoping and
>>that her use of the steroids will offer her the chance to not reform
>>this
>>time...as well as the use of the ringers and Dr. Korells skill in this
>>adhesiolysis. Mary again reacted to medications and is a bit ill at
>>this time
>>with nausea and vomiting. She is up walking around though and is quite
>>the
>>trooper as she will do everything and anything she can to get as well as
>>she can
>>be!!
>>
>>Helen Dynda..GREAT surgery and super good prognosis by Dr. Korell!
>>Helen is
>>resting very well, will be up walking very soon, probably yet this
>>eveing if
>><paul gets his way!!! Helen has had a perpetual smile on her face from
>>the
>>moment she entered the recovery room and was still smiling in her sleep
>>as I
>>left her bedside to come to the PC!
>>
>>Anne Hayashi is also doing very well and has an excellent prognosis. She
>>has
>>been awake and talking and smiling since the recovery room. Intergel
>>was used in
>>Annes surgery and Dr. Korell thinks she has a very good chance of
>>recovery from
>>this surgery! Anne is pretty excited to say the least!
>>
>>All three will have second looks next week!
>>
>>Laura is at this moment is checking into the SAME room as the other
>>three ladies
>>and will have her surgery tomorow! I will give an update following her
>>surgery
>>as well as on how the ladies are all coming along!
>>
>>Paul is a real gem! I spent much of today in recovery with each of the
>>ladies
>>and he got Laura to all her diagnostics as well as admitted. He is
>>running ice
>>jugs to bedsides and walking the ladies soon after they return to the
>>room! He
>>will want to rest tonight for sure!
>>
>>We met Lynne & Jim Brown from Ireland as well as Marc Remijn of
>>Netherland..so
>>very nice all of them! It was a pleasure to meet all these people and
>>lots of
>>pictures were taken..will try to get them scanned to Pam very soon!
>>
>>I will share more later, but Dr. Korell has returned and might want his
>>PC
>>back..so " Cheers " and will get to you soon!
>>
>>Love Bev
>>
>>--
>>In Friendship, Pam Markford PJtweetyRN@aol.com
>>
>
>--
>Robin
>