The Honeymoon is over...

Well, the honeymoon period that is!  And Annelise is still holding stable.  It's Tuesday, July 12th and Annelise is doing so well, they're going to try to do surgery on Wednesday.  We spoke with a surgical fellow and an anesthetia fellow while there and signed all of the consent forms.  It seems pretty straight forward.  They're going to make an incision, then bring her stomach and intestines back into her abdomen where they belong.  They'll look at her diaphragm and see how to repair it.  If there's enough of it there to stretch it and sew it together, that's what they'll do.  If not, they'll put a Gortex patch to cover the missing area.  Then they'll check out her lungs and heart and close her up.  The hard part will be timing the surgery just right, and then the recovery.  Her lung strength will be tested when the surgery is over.  She may need a lot of support (medical) after the surgery.  We will see.