John and Linda Fordyce

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We are so blessed to have a great family and so many, many good, loving friends who are concerned and praying for Linda when she needs it. Thank you!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Busy day today, surgery Friday

Mom was at UAMS most of the day today. She saw Dr. Yueng about her elbow and he determined that the pig skin patch was not working so he removed it and has scheduled her for a surgery, this Friday morning, to remove the dead tissues, clean it out, and start over. They will know, after surgery, weather or not it will take another skin graft.

Unfortunately, she will be back in the hospital for a week or so due to the open wound. She will be at UAMS however and that is encouraging. They have good food and teams of people for every body part.

Our patient was removed from her blood thinners as of last night to prepare for her surgery. In addition to the above, she also had x-rays and an MRI on that left arm but the report is pending.
She was also given a cardiogram with nothing unusual recorded.

Little Rock's restaurant, Lilly's Dim Sum, was the sight yesterday for a successful fundraiser gathering of Hostel friends. John reported that around 75 friends and supporters turned out to eat together and Lilly's donated 15% of the days receipts! It was a good time and an enjoyable outing for Mom who has missed social outings for quite some time. Thanks to all who came and thanks to Lilly's!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope things go much better after Friday's surgery. My thoughts and prayers are with Linda and John.

Congrats on the fundraiser!

Love from Oregon,
Linda Corey-Woodward

Anonymous said...

We have been keeping you in our daily prayers Aunt Linda and John. Good luck with Friday.
Love
Ginger, Kris and Antonio Sabaj