Back from the Hospital

I made it back. The scheduled surgery went well until the gall bladder removal. Mine had completely rotted and at first the surgeon couldn't even find it. Finally got everything out and closed and all was well.

Two days later it was discovered that I had a blocked bile duct in my liver where the gall bladder had been removed. Another surgeon was call in and I was given the following choices: Do nothing and die in a day or so or have surgery that may fix the problem. If the surgery does not go well I will not make it out of the OR. My children were brought in from school so I would have a chance to see them before surgery. I don't mind saying that I have never, never been so scared in my life.

Somebody was watching over me. I made it. The surgeon said that he was able to access the duct and make repairs with few problems. The hospital stay was relatively short (11 days) and I came home yesterday. Two weeks to rest and recover and it's back to work and life.