Quick Surgery Follow Up

The surgery lasted roughly 3 hours and turned out well. The doctor said the mass was larger than he had hoped, but everything went as expected and was happy with the results. They removed the mass from her stomach and a good amount of muscle it was attached to, put a mesh inside her to cover the hole left by the tumor and the muscle it was intertwined with, and reversed her ileostomy. They plan on keeping her for 2 to 3 days, but it may be upwards of 5. Things may return to normal quickly over a week or two, or it may take several months. Karen's says either way she's happy about it. Her ileostomy limited so much of what she could eat, and prevented her body from absorbing some of the nutrients from what she could eat. She's hoping that in addition to being pain free, she will now have better energy levels and less fatigue.