Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:01:26 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Jack Chalker in hospital - more
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 12:52 PM 12/10/2004, dicconf wrote:

>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Ted White wrote:
>
> > From: "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
> > >
> > > The surgery is tomorrow morning at 11AM so keep your prayers/good
> > > wishes/thoughts coming!
> >
> > "Gastric bypass surgery"?   That doesn't sound like congestive heart
> > failure.
>
>There is such an operation, but it isn't for heart problems.  What the
>heck is going on?  For that matter, why are they meddling with Jack's
>trachea?  Sounds like we aren't hearing the whole story.  Not that we have
>a right to medical info Jack considers privileged, but it _is_ confusing.

Congestive heart failure can make breathing difficult, thus a temporary
trach.  As for the 'gastric bypass' might it be a gastric feeding
tube?  That's the only thing I could come up with that makes sense.

Elspeth