John's 2nd surgery-- Oct. 27th

John's 2nd surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th. It's a short procedure and he will only be in the hospital for a few days this time. But the recovery time will be a little rough as his body gets used to the new system. A few months down the road though, this will be a memory. (that's what they tell us, so we hold on to that .....)

The doctor will take out his temporary ileostomy and close up the site. He will also reconnect his small intestine to function normally. We'll see how it goes. We're praying that it will be withought complication and that he can heal and be back to normal in a few months.

I miss "my man". (In Brasil, you say "my woman" for wife so I like to call him "my man".)
He is doing great, but I do miss "the old John". I can't wait to have him back.

We are officially off of Prednisone too! woohoo!!! He's been off for about a month. That was a long 14 months on a high dosage of Prednisone!!! We don't ever want to do that again. It just makes you feel terrible and he NEVER slept the whole time. 2 hours of broken sleep a night was a great night! Wow!

So, keep praying.........one surgery to go and then it's just healing for good! woohoo!!!