Marty just telephoned me to give you a
report on his wife Barb's condition. They did not take her for surgery
until 3:00 p.m. , surgery started at 4:00p.m. and was completed at 5:30pm.
The surgery was considered successful ! To help us all understand
what happened : Barb was on the drug Coumedin or Warfarin (same drug,
different mfg.) the drug thinned her blood so much that she had what they call a
slow hemorrhage over the past 7 to 8 weeks. She will be in the hospital
3-4 days and recuperation time is one week. They bore 5 small holes and
placed drains in the holes. The drains are still in place. She is
not permitted to go back onto her Coumedin for at least a week; so they will now
be watching that she does not throw a clot. She will not have Chemo this
week, Marty is not sure when they will permit her back on chemo.; which ofcourse
has him concerned. So the news is good; however they are not out of the
woods yet. Your friend, lillian
