Goodbye to more intestine...who needs you anyways!

On Saturday we had some neighbors watch the kids so we could go down to the ER at St. Mark's hospital in SLC for what we thought was a blockage. Brent's doctor admitted him on the basis that you never know how long these things will take to pass. However, when he came to take a look at Brent he found something "very wrong" as he described it. That is always something you want to hear from your surgeon. He told us we would be there for the night until they could run scans or he got worse. Unfortunately he got worse and so the doctor was back and had him in emergency surgery within an hour. Thankfully, the surgery went very well and it wasn't as bad as he thought it was. He removed a fistula (which was causing a chronic blockage due to his Crohn's) at the end of his intestines and so Brent only lost a few more inches. He said the rest looked very good and there were no other problem spots, which means he can continue to take the Tysabri which seems to be helping him so much (the original reason we went in and asked for the Tysabri was because we thought he had a fistula). He has been recovering since Saturday, but finally seems to be taking a good turn today (he ate more than ice chips!!!). The girls and I are at home for the next couple of days so we can get in to a routine again and get some good rest. We wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and all those who helped take care of the kids (or offered). We couldn't have made it through without you!! Hopefully he will continue to improve and will be home within the next 2-3 days.