Thank you for your kind words gentlemen and lady. They are very reassuring when your world has been tossed upside down in a very short time. Tomorrow is her surgery and we will find out what our lives are going to be like then. I don't expect much sleep tonight.

Beth is in very good spirits. The boys and I spent the day with her in the room. The want her to walk so her GI system will clear. She asks how far? They jokingly say 26 times around the unit on the floor is a mile. She does 10+10+10 and gets 30 in - IV, NG tube and all. Then she's smiling and laughing with the boys, her pain has been abated by the NG tube draining her stomach. I'm so very proud of her because I know she's so scared.

We're humbled and blessed to have your well wishes and prayers. My sincere appreciation to you all.

Steve


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