Update June 23rd, Wednesday, 2:10 PM

HI; Good news. Just received word that the CAT scan showed no problem. Therefore, no surgery on her belly!! Linda was awakened at 4AM and transported to the imaging facility here in the hospital and prep was done in advance of the SAT scan. The actual scan was not conducted until 6 AM and results were not conveyed until just a while ago. Linda slept between 9 AM and 2 PM with a notice on her door not to disturb her. She feels much better with the sleep and with the knowledge that her scan showed that there was no problem in her intestines. She is getting what she needs right now, as sleep has been a limited aspect of her recent experience, to say the least. Her lower GI issues seem to be on track, altough not fully resolved, due to the laxative affect of fluid she had to drink as part of the CAT prep.

Now we await the healing of the infected site and look forward to a week of recovery. Mandy is back at home and is now recovered from her bout with stomach flu. Rascal and Chico are doing their best to make her aware of their anger about our absence and causing her no end of trouble. Strange dogs, for sure.

Thanks, again, for all the kind and healing thoughts. John