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Good day to y'all:

This is Ginny in ville and I came home from the hospital yesterday --

got out of Durham Regional before 12:00 so I am in the one-day wonders

category. My momma came down from PA to be with me. The surgery took about

50 min. and I am the recipient of the rarely granted 6th port hole.

According to Doc R., my abdominal wall was very thick (prob. due to the PCOS)

and a bit more difficult to work with, ergo the 6th hole.

I am feeling O.K. considering that I have had major surgery. Most of the gas

has been worked out of me -- thank heaven. When I first came out from the

anesthesia, I felt very bloated from the gas, like I had a rock inside my

belly. When I was given meds to take, I started heaving but didn't bring

anything up. That subsided after midnight, thankfully. I got up and started

walking after 8 in the evening. Once I learned the ropes about how to

manipulate my IV stand and take off my oxygen and inflatable " socks " , I was

able to get up and go to the bathroom myself and walk some more. My mom

couldn't stay with me in the room because at 70, she needs to lie down and

sleep. I was awakened every couple of hours for vitals, meds or blood sugar

checks.

Yesterday morning, I was walking the halls when Doc R. called to check in on

me. Needless to say he was pleased and I was given the option to leave.

That was a no-brainer, of course I wanted to go home.

I wasn't scared the day of surgery - I just had my freakout the day before.

I got to hug on Doc R. before he was in his scrubs -- and I remember going

into the o.r. chatting with everyone, then nothing -- sorry folks, I may have

seen the Doc in his scrubs, but I don't remember squat.

I Have to go back to the drugstore - I didn't realize it till I cam e home --

they gave me the carafate in tablet form and I don't think I can use it.

I have been sipping juice cut with water since midnight in the hospital, had

a can of ensure yesterday, split up over three feedings and some yogurt

(peach). No dumping, no heaves -- just more gas leaving.

That's enough for now.

-Ginny in ville

MGB 3/1/00

staples come out a week from this Saturday

" The creative is the place where no one

else has ever been. You have to leave

the city of your comfort and go into the

wilderness of your intuition "

-Alan Alda