why I have meen M.I.A

Well folks its been a long time since I posted some of you already know but....

Brad ( My Husband) has been very sick ( due to serious Diabetes complications)...still in the hospital( been in off and on for the past 23 days) he was transferred to DHMC , he had surgery yesterday to try to figure out what is going on...they found his pancreas is attacking his stomach. he has a tube down his throat draining all the acid his pancreas was dumping into his stomach, and was draining 5 lbs of fluid every few hours, they found in the main section of the stomach is obstructed with scar tissue and didn't remove it due to internal bleeding. we are looking at a possible feeding tube for a few months to help give his stomach time to heal, if it doesn't heal he will be face with a stomach bi-pass surgery to reconstruct his stomach, he lost lost 47 lbs in 3 weeks, I'm scared out of my mind but trying to stay strong and focused for the sake of the girls......I'll keep you posted,

Update 9-11-09: Brad had surgery today ( a little over 3 hours) been placed with a JG Tube ( feeding tube and a tube to drain his stomach) you know when you get a blister and it keeps retaining fluid well that is what is going on in his stomach and since his stomach is so damaged it will only pool in there and wont pass...so he needs to keep it drained with his tube.
He has a long way to go, not sure if the feeding tube is a forever thing or not, he will be faced with a partial stomach removal at some point it his stomach doesn't heal on its own.... he is losing 2 lbs a day and is very weak, once he is home we will have a visiting nurse here to care for him, we have a long road ahead of us and we are staying positive for what the future holds for us......
if you know anyone with Diabetes....tell them to take care of it, it is an evil disease especially if your careless. and not taking it serious.....


Ill; do my best to keep you all posted....if you are on Face-book look me up there I'm on that more than here lately