Guest guest Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Hello everyone, I called Marsha Sims at the Fairview University Medical Center today and spoke with her husband. Marsha had the pancreatectomy and islet cell transplant. She is doing very well. She had the surgery early Friday morning and today her husband said she is in her room. She took a few steps today, still has her tubes in, and is on pain meds but the report is that she is doing better than most patients. Dr. Sutherland was able to leave her duodenum intact since it had good blood flow. That is great since she will get more nourishment from her food with keeping her duodenum. They retrieved Two hundred and nineteen thousand islets. One hundred and fifty-thousand more than she needed for her body size. Marsha is five feet tall. Her blood sugar is ranging around 112. Dr. Sutherland said that her pancreas looked OK but that doesn't mean anything. Many patients who are so ill from pancreatitis have very normal looking pancreases. That is not unusual. He said that my pancreas was an odd color. Thank God that it has been removed. Marsha has a recovery time to go through now and I hope that her recovery will be easy and fast. Please keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery. She is such a very nice lady. She has suffered so much. Take care, Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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