Prayers for BIL

[2tiredmom]

My brother in law that is 67 is going in for colon surgery on the 19th.
He has colon cancer and they are going to take out a good portion of his colon.
He also has a severe heart problem. They told them yesterday that he will be in the hospital over Christmas and that with his heart he may not make it.
What I don't understand is why didn't they take care of his heart problem first instead of his cancer. I just can't imagine what he is going though right now.
So if you could please say a prayer for him. He's a really sweet man. His name is George. Thank You.

[Janet]

I was just going to ask if this was George. Hope everything works to his favor Linda.

[Gina]

I will keep him in my prayers.. I hope all goes well.

[judy]

I am sorry George has to suffer and worry. I will keep him in my prayers.

[DianaB]

I'll be saying a prayer for George too. What a tough situation.

[gja1000]

Cecil,
There are some heart problems that can't be taken care of - like heart failure - they can only be treated, and things like surgery and chemotherapy are very hard on someone with a heart problem like that. I sure hope everything turns out for the best. It can be very stressful to go through all of this.

[Janet]

Linda....how is George doing? Guess I could ask our SIL, but I'd rather ask you.

[donna1990]

Will be praying.

[2tiredmom]

Originally Posted by Janet

Linda....how is George doing? Guess I could ask our SIL, but I'd rather ask you.

Janet,
Thanks for asking. He's pretty scared emotional. Physical he's not feeling to bad.
If from what they have said he needs a heart valve replacement. He has a pacemaker. So I'm not to clear on that.
That's all I know for now. I'm taking that day off I may go down and be with Sara.
Depending on the weather.

[Nina]

I'm so sorry, and I will keep George in my prayers.

I have had lots of small and large intestine removed due to Crohn's Disease, so I know how rough this surgery can be. I hope everything goes well for him.

[judy]

I'm praying for George. I hope he recovers quickly and easily.

[2tiredmom]

As of 1:30 today they hadn't taken him to surgery. He went into the hospital at 10:30 am. He's running a temp. So they had to do a chest x-ray to check his lungs and his heart. They said his lungs look fine. He had the chills before he left home. They told my SIL that they would wait to see what the heart dr said and then take him to surgery if dr thought it was ok. She called at 1:30 said it was a
waiting game right now. That if he did make it though surgery they would keep him sedated till Sunday and wake him up slowly. Don't want anymore stress on his heart. Then she had to get off the phone because they were taking him some
where. Haven't heard any more. That was an hour ago. I wish I could be there
but there are already 17 people waiting around in the waiting room. Thanks for all your prayers. It doesn't sound good.

[gja1000]

Gosh! They usually don't take people to surgery with a temperature, unless the surgery is an emergency. This does not sound good....

[2tiredmom]

Last night my BIL came out of surgery at 7:30 pm. The Dr told my SIL that things were not looking good at all. He had some bleeding that they couldn't get stopped and they couldn't get his blood pressure to stablize. They finally think they got the bleeding under control. It's 7:00 am now and have not heard anything. I am praying for a Christmas mircale. So no news is good news I hope.
Thanks everyone for your prayers.

[Janet]

Linda, I do hope George will recover from this, although with the colon cancer...???

How is Sara handling all this? Is her whole family up there? I can't see Brad or Judy missing work for anyone except fishing, but I hope they were there for Sara.