. . . . This turned out to be a good day except that Ron and his Mom were in Portland awaiting the results of Rudy's, Ron's Dad , stomach surgery. I spent the afternoon with Caren and Colton while we all celebrated the day with a couple from Caren's past.
The races we were planning on this evening turned out to be not this evening but tomorrow so we will get together again tomorrow and go to the races. I left Caren's place about 7PM and Ron had not yet phoned about Rudy's condition. The weather was nice, Colton spent the afternoon making soap bubbles while the rest of us told tall stories and lied a lot. It was a good day. Remember your prayers for Rudy.
All in all Rudy was in surgery 6 1/2 hours. Ron got home at 10:00 ( just in time to light off our little pack of fireworks). Rudy's stomach looked like a deflated balloon pushed up above his diaphram by a large hernia. Unfortuneately it also weaved around the small upper intestine and pulled it upwards also. To correct it the surgron had to work around a large vein that isnt normally there across the liver. Knicking the vein could have caused intetnal bleeding, so the surgery was very delicate. All was finally corrected and a pig patch was placed over the hernia. Once he can eat he can come home. The main concern seems to be infection. He is very sore today, the 5th but he is able to keep food down.
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