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Yes, I would call it answered prayers. Coincidences are the things we don't give God credit for. Will continue praying for her Curtis. Let us know.
 
I hope all goes well for your wife and you! It must be somewhat relieving that the surgery is cancelled for now. Hopefully this is evidence of the power of prayer from a close online community.
 
Well folks, we are home now! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Let me tell you a little about what happened and how you helped...

Wife got really sick last weekend. Nausea, vomiting, and bad cramping such as what she experienced last year before her gallbladder was taken out.. By Monday, she was in such excruciating pain she asked me to take her to the ER. CT scans showed a mechanical bowel obstruction. This is the type that is caused by a twist or kink in the bowel or scar tissue constricting the bowel. She was admitted by the general surgeon with expectations of MAJOR abdominal surgery on Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning, I posted here as well as on Facebook asking for thoughts and prayers. The Dr. came in around 8 am and said that her problem would most likely not remedy itself and was most likely due to scar tissue from her gallbladder surgery. The CT scan showed a clear, definite obstruction, I saw it myself. The surgery was scheduled for 1 pm on Tuesday. The plan was to open her abdomen with a 10-24" incision and fix the bowel as necessary. THIS IS MAJOR SURGERY according to the Dr. with at least one week in the hospital afterwards and 8-10 weeks recovery time at home.

My wife is a non-practicing catholic but her mom is very devout. She asked my wife if she could have the local priest come and anoint her and pray for her. Of course she said yes. The priest showed up around 10:30 am or so and actually had to wait while my wife signed the consent for surgery. He did the ritual and left.

At 11:15 or so, my wife needed to use the bathroom. She went and basically completely emptied her bowels. I immediately had the nurse call the Dr and he cancelled the surgery for the day! He came to visit later that afternoon and said he wanted to keep her for at least another day and do an xray. He rescheduled the surgery tentatively for Wednesday at 1pm just in case. He came in Wednesday and said the xray showed some improvement but not complete. He said surgery was still a real possibility and wanted to repeat it Thursday (today). He started allowing her to eat real food and she was feeling MUCH better.

Today, she had the xray and he came for a visit mid afternoon. He said the xray looked completely normal as if nothing was ever wrong! There was no evidence of the problem and it had completely reversed itself. He commented that this was very unusual and was quite surprised. I told him I had folks from all over the wold saying up a prayer and thinking positive thoughts for her!

So, thank you all again from both of us!
 
Wow, Curtis those are indeed good news for all involved...!:wink:

Seeing our loved ones in pain, is 10 times more painful than the worse pain I ever experienced so, is good that is all over...!

A little rest, for both of you and , everything will be back to normal...!:biggrin:

Best regards,
Cheers
George
 
..Wonderful, you and your bride were showered in prayers! "HE" does what "HE" does very well! .....Jan
 
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