Hi everyone. Got home from the hospital about an hour or so ago. I'll give the the short version of the story because about each day I learn something new about what happened ...

Anyway very early on the morning of the 20th some abdominal pains encourgaged my wife to say, "We' got to run into the Emergency Room" and find out what's wrong. I remember reaching the hospital and being put on a wheel chair and taken into the ER. Three days later I was coming out of a medically induced coma having had two days of surgery to correct a problem where two bits (?) of tissue had fused together in some way with a mid opening. Evidently the intestines would slip and through the opening and then back out. (I didn't know this was happening.)

The final stage of the problem begain when during one of these "movements" the instestine kinked essentially closing down the system.

Two days of surgery following as there were some problems with the first surgery results (I have no idea what yet). I then spent several days in ICU late in the evening on Thursday (I think ) moved into a private room while I went through some serious re-hab.

I'm happy to say that now I'm home and I think everything is okay once again. This next week, I'll schedule meetings with my surgeons and with my fmaily doctor ... maybe that'll clue me in on more.

Not something you want to do but thank you all who have been so kind in your thoughts and prayers. It's good to know that so many people carel.

I'll write more, but, quite frankly, I'm rather pooped right now and think I'm going to retire to my recliner in the living and either nap or just watch TV for a bit. Again, thank you from the Mrs and my hearts.

(((( Love to you all ))))

DB and his Mrs