Thanks Janie for starting this thread. Pat had a sigmoid colectomy last Thursday. He was very week going into the surgery and the ICU staff did a lot of hard work to get him ready. He came through the surgery like a champ, but they have been struggling to keep his BP up. He has a lot of edema that they can't control until the BP is stable. Add to that a bad gallbladder which is elevating his bilirubin and he is too fragile right now to do anything about it. He did try to open his eyes when I spoke to him this morning. I still have hope he will turn this around. He's gotten really good at that over the years. I will pop in to update you. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers...spaw's girl