Sharp's Travels

Today was a repeat of yesterday, rain, humidity, but we did have a breeze that did help. I got the fuel filter changed in the truck and it is now running, glad that is done.

Well, when we went into the hospital this morning the doctor had been in to see Mom and said yes they would be doing the surgery. They said with the test they had done yesterday they found out she does not have a hiatal hernia but a par esophageal hernia. With the par esophageal hernia the gastro esophageal junction remains where it belongs, but part of the stomach is squeezed up into the chest beside the esophagus. That caused her to feel full all the time and have nausea because with the stomach at that angle it was hard for the stomach to empty properly. They have to do a heart evaluation tomorrow and if all goes well they said they could schedule her for surgery on Friday. She will just have 4 small incisions where they will be performing the microscopic surgery. She will have a tube put in that will anchor the stomach down and in 2 months if all stays put where it should be they will remove that.

She is in good spirits and wants the surgery so she can begin feeling better. Right now she eats very little, she is no longer running a fever and does get up to take short walks down the hall.

After the surgery she should be able to resume her normal schedule again.