Update on Scott's Mom.

Well we have had a lot going on since the 4th! Scott's mother went to the hospital the day after the 4th for back surgery and we thought she would be home either Friday or Saturday but we were so wrong. During her back surgery the Dr. accidentally tore a hole in her small intestine and we found this out on Saturday morning when she was rushed in for emergency surgery! Once she came out of surgery on Saturday we were told that she was put on a ventilator and couldn't breathe on her own and would be in ICU for they didn't know how long. During the following week the Dr's tried to take her off of the ventilator each day and some days she would breathe for maybe up to 45 min on her own and then there were days she couldn't make it 5 minutes. On the following Saturday they turned the ventilator off and we kept our fingers crossed and this time she didn't have to have it turned back on....yeah!!!!! Monday (7/16) she was able to get out of bed and sit in a chair for almost 3 hours and the Dr's also let her eat some jello which she said was better than a steak!! She is still in ICU as of Tuesday but we are hopeful she will be in another room either late today or early tomorrow. The Dr's have also let us know that she will still be in the hospital for at least another week but we are on our way to her recovering. Scott has been at the hospital each morning around 6:30 and we leave around 9:30 - 10:00 each night so we are both very tired.