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Subject:Re: Surgery
From:Stephen Wisthoff
Date:Thu, 14 Jun 2001 06:45:11 -0500

Alex is in my prayers.

Steve

Rico Dagastino wrote:

> Please forgive me if this is off topic.  My daughter, Alex, who is eight
> years old, will be entering Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis
> tomorrow for surgery.  She is having a choledochal-jejunostomy roux-en-y, in
> which the bile duct is removed and replaced with a section of the small
> bowel.  This is to correct a problem with her bile duct which predisposes her
> to inflammation of the liver and carries a greatly increased risk of cancer
> as the years pass.  We would appreciate your prayers for Alex, Dr. Davidoff,
> the surgeon, and for a speedy recovery. Thanks
>
> Rico Dagastino
> Munford, TN.

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