From: Walter Miles <walter at nova.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:47:42 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Jack Chalker in hospital - more
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Hello Elspeth

Sholey's analysis was very similar to Keith's.  The gastric bypass
(reducing drastically the capacity of the stomach) is the second
shoe to drop (depending, as Eva said, on Jack's informed consent).
Certainly, congestive heart failure is the immediate problem.

On 12/12/04, Elspeth Kovar wrote:
EK> At 12:52 PM 12/10/2004, dicconf wrote:

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

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

EK> Elspeth

Be seeing you,
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