Re: News From the 'Freedom Express' From Germany

From: Mary Wade (acbcsrt@kansas.net)
Tue Nov 7 20:30:20 2000


Whew!!!! I have been so anxious to hear from the troops! I was reading the Adhesions Quilt the other night...thinking of our friends on their trip. Just looking at the number of years that Helen has fought this is humbling. And now she is smiling....ahh how sweet that is to me! I cried. What a great group you ALL are! Mary

At 07:22 PM 11/7/00 -0600, you 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
>


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