Thursday — Noon o’clock. I’m sitting in Deaconess ICU with Ms. Kate. She had her surgery yesterday and it was more extensive than was anticipated. They took out 18 inches of intestines and colon. This morning though she is alert and feeling as well as her pain button will allow her to. We expect she will be in ICU until Saturday and then moved to a regular ward room. 

I want to give credit to her nursing staff here in ICU and to her doctors. This room has been Grand Central Station all morning with people coming in and doing all of the things that they have to do to and for her. Her surgery team has been excellent and we could not be more pleased. A loot of people we now seem t think they have to go Indianapolis or some other “big city” to get quality doctors.  We feel that we are extremely lucky and blessed to have the facilities and the medical personnel here that we do. 

So that’s it for today. Thanks for all of your prayers. 

Peace.