Well. if indeed, "All's well that ends well", I will let you know in a couple more hours how today went!  It's after 9 p.m. and Tom and Sarah are working hard on a ruptured appendix case that came in to Tom's clinic today.  Definitely a long day, but so far so good!

I am still feeling very under the weather but such is life.  Makes it more difficult for Sarah to operate since I spend more time whining than helping I think, but she is rocking it out!  I really thank God for her surgical talents this week.  Wish I could post more pictures, but the internet connection here (a mobile modem) is apparently feeling under the weather also... it is very, very slow.

Today we did three major gynecology cases (two vaginal prolapse repairs, 2 and 1/2- 3 hours each, and an open/abdominal removal of a fibroid and ovarian cyst.  To date all three patients are doing very well and resting comfortably.  Pray for good rest for them tonight and quick healing!

In clinic we saw only about 6 patients, but because we could only see 1-2 between each case it took us until after 8 pm!  Unbelievable how patiently they wait... One of the last patients of the day was hugely disappointed also-- she is a lady that Tom sent us for a prolapse repair surgery, which we were in the process of setting up for her while Sarah was busy checking her blood pressure and glucose.  The conversation changed abruptly, as you can imagine, when she reported a blood pressure of 250/112!  I'm not sure I've seen one that high, and you can definitely believe that we checked it over and over to verify it.  Pray that she follows our advice, takes her medication, gets help and surveillance from the local general docs to get it down, and sees us in August for her surgery.  Wow.

Tomorrow we have 3 more surgeries scheduled and will see whatever God sends our way in clinic so wish us luck!  Maybe the internet will be happier tomorrow and I can get some pictures up...