Archive for August 2011

Day two   Leave a comment

Hi Everybody,  it’s day two and Angie is still doing awesome.  She’s still is in a significant amount of pain from the surgery but that’s to be expected.  Yesterday her pain was down to a 5 out of 10,  which is awesome its been a long time since we’v e heard that number.  She is […]

Posted August 7, 2011 by admin in Surgery

Day after surgery.   Leave a comment

Good Morning Everyone, Angie is resting well at the moment, long night though trying to get her pain and nausea controlled.  She is such a trooper, she is the strongest person I know, and I love her so much, we all do.  They will begin the feeding tube today.  The physical therapist came in this […]

Posted August 6, 2011 by admin in Surgery

Almost through the operation :) //// ALL DONE :)   Leave a comment

Hello all, Angie’s is doing really well so far, the first incision was made ad 8:35am, they removed the pancreas and spleen  after about 2 hours (which was awesome), and took the pancreas to the lab to start the process of extracting of the islet cells.  At about 12pm the reconstruction was complete and the […]

Posted August 5, 2011 by admin in Surgery

Today is the day :) !!   Leave a comment

Hi everybody, Well today is the big day, we got to the hospital (University of Minnesota, Fairview) at 5:45 am central time to get prepped for surgery.  Angie is in really good spirits and looking forward to a new beginning.  No more pain and being able to eat regularly again.  We are all excited :), its hard […]

Posted August 5, 2011 by admin in Surgery

4 Days to go   1 comment

HI All, Well its day 4 in counting!  So today was just a day of traveling.  We left Denver, CO at 7 am and arrived in Minneapolis, MN at 9:35 am. It was a great flight, I slept the whole way. We made to the hotel by 11:30 am checked and then took a long nap […]

Posted August 1, 2011 by admin in Pre Surgery