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Well, Ms. Nancy no one can accuse you of having an uneventful New Year!

I hope your flight home was comfortable. Rest and take care of yourself.

Thanks everyone for all your good wishes. It is heartening and cheering to know that one has such friends scattered around the globe wishing one well.

On New Year's Eve, I was having some significant pain in my abdomen which put me in the ER. I was on the Texas coast on vacation, literally in the middle of nowhere on Matagorda Island, to do some birdwatching. The county hospital was 45 minutes away but we found it!

After a CT scan, it appeared that I had a ruptured diverticulitis, which is life threatening and they did emergency surgery. Fortunately once in, it was not ruptured but was abcessed and they did whatever they do to clean that out, closed me up, and then began pumping in major amounts of IV antibiotics. I'm still on a couple of oral antibiotics and am recovering from both the diverticulitis and the abdominal surgery.

It was quite an experience and not the most pleasant way to usher in the New Year, but I am glad to be here! Having a bpi does complicate other surgical procedures and I'll be sharing more about that in an upcoming President's column.

In the meantime, I'm back home, weak in body but strong in spirit.

Nancy

Nancy:

I am so glad that your doing better. I know that your glad to be back home. I bet you had no idea what was happening. You know it is bad when you get sick but something like that happening & be out of town at the same time was probably very scarey. You better take care.

Deanna

Nancy:
Glad that you're home and on the road to recovery.

John P.

I just posted on the regular board, asking how you were. I am so glad to hear you are doing better. Sending prayers your way.

Best of Health,
Brenda

Nancy,
Glad to hear you are on your way to recovery. My goodness, what a scare. Please know we are thinking about you, and hope you are feeling better very soon!

Nancy,

Oh my goodness! What a frightening experience. I am so glad to hear that you are going to be okay. Glad to hear you are strong in spirit. Rest up so you can get strong in body again as well. A crazy way to start the New Year but also a reminder of the blessing of our very own existence. Take care of yourself and know that you have many thoughts and prayers coming your way.