got up at 3am, was in hosp at 530am, theygtook him back at 6am put socks and long pressure tubes that inflated intermittantly on him, they took him to surgery we went to waiting lounge. after 3 hrs i got a phone call there, it wasnurse in the OR< she was calling to let me know what was goingon, (could hear doc in background) panc was not out yet, but soon, and all was well jerryw as doing good all vitals great. well at 4 hour mark, called again, panc out,spleen outtoo, all well. then doc came out maybe hour later, told us that he took out panc, spleen, duodenum, lower stomach, appendix, they thought they might have to take portion of colon but didnt have to!! no blood needed and he lost very little!! pancreas was small and atrophied. they got 248,000 islets and we are just waiting for them now he said. he told us that at that #, jerry would need maybe one shot of insulin a day. HEY the trade off is good so far! he also did reconstructive surgery while waiting for islets. around 545 i got call again, nurse leaving and she said all was well, he was going to recovery and would be there several hours. well they moved him to his room at 859pm. we went up and stayed with h im for a whilE, then came back and crashed around 130am rough day. the nurse there told me that case worker who dropped bomb on me and said hed be here a month was way off.. shes having a talk with her. well theres a PT room on the floor. so maybe they wont be shipping him across river to a rehab center. aka nursing home. freaked me out. well, she warned me that wew will have a hell of a year ahead that he is really going to have to work on him. well hewont get by with anything w/me hes going to get his life back as much as possible! well im off . try to post tomorrow