update on katy

Here is the email update sent out by Jennie.

Hey all,

I'm glad to report that Katy made it through her surgery and is stable and doing well. Thank you all for praying!

It was a tough wait leading up to the surgery. It was originally planned for 11am, but kept getting bumped back as there was another head trauma surgery ahead of us and it was taking longer. Her grandmother, Wusne, and I did our best to keep her occupied until 5pm. It's tough telling a little hungry and demanding girl, that she can't eat or drink anything. For some reason she just didn't seem to understand....I'm sure any of us would find it hard to understand as well! Anyway, she went in at 5pm and at about 9:45 she was rolled out of the operating room.

Katy had a large cyst attached to the head of her pancreas and really close to her two main arteries. Therefore, it was impossible for the doctors to try to remove the cyst from where it was. So they cut a whole into her intestine that sits right close to there and attached the cyst to her intestine. Slowly the fluids from the intestine will eat away or suck the cyst into it and carry it away with the rest of her body waste. Pretty crazy, huh? I had the doctor explain it 2 times and it really helps to look at pictures to really understand what went on.

But all in all, she is doing well. We're going to take the sample of the cyst that they cut away to be biopsied. The doctor is pretty certain that it is benign and was caused either by a traumatic hit or fall to that area of her body or possibly a previous viral infection. Thank you all for praying! Up until this point, all looks well, and it is pretty certain she'll have a good recovery. She is still in intensive care. She will most likely be moved from out of there to a regular room tomorrow. Continue to pray for us throughout this time. Between her grandmother and I, we are the only ones taking care and watch over her. There hasn't been a good response from concerned family members coming to help us out. It has already been draining and she has about 6 or 7 days more to stay in the hospital without eating or drinking! Trust me, that is not so easy to try to explain to a hungry 6 year old.

Thank you for your prayers!

Serving Him,

Jennie