Updated october 18@9:30 pm

Nolan Creasy finally had his colon surgery Friday and it took longer than expected. It went ok and he's got the recovery and healing process. Prayerfully this will help with the problems he's been having with the Crohn's disease. 

Tim Tolley is home now. He went Thursday morning for an Aortic Aneurysm  Screening and they immediately sent him to the ER. Turns out he has a very large aortic aneurysm in his stomach and 2 other aneurysms at each kidney. Said this is genetic. He will have major surgery Oct. 30...full open surgery. It will be an all day surgery with a team of physicians and 10-14 days in the hospital and possibly 1-2 weeks in rehab. 

Pat Leonard  had about 2 inches of her intestines removed Monday and is home now. She's been having trouble eating and will be having an upper GI at some point soon.

Joe Sutliff is now in Friendship Manor North for rehab. Prayerfully for just a week.

Paul Kidd sees his heart doctor Oct. 20.

Pastor Mark is having MOH's surgery on his face Oct. 21.

 Chuck Evans is having surgery Oct. 28 to remove the bladder stone.

Donnie Noel insurance finally okayed his Rx they denied recently and he restarted it Oct. 10. And his PT has been approved again but he hasn't re-started it yet.

Laura Burcham had a bone biopsy test Tuesday and will hear the results in a week.  (Karen Greene's daughter)

Becky Lierman's MOH's surgery on her leg went very well Thursday...only 1 cut and they got all the cancer!

Joy Fleming (Kim Newman's mom) has stopped her chemo because it's not helping any more and is going to Duke Wed., Oct. 21 on referral. She's very weak and Kim is staying with her right now. Sher lives in Martinsville.

Janey Woods waiting to get her appointment set up at Duke re: the swollen lymph nodes they found in her stomach. 

Debbie Thompson's eye recovery. She sees her cataract doctor (Griffith) on Oct. 27 regarding a new problem occurring from her cataract surgery. She's going to need Yag Laser Surgery.

Steve Stover is having knee surgery Nov. 9.

David Kibler is having back surgery Nov. 12. 

Karen Washington met with a doctor at the Levine Cancer Center Tuesday and they did extensive blood. They're not recommending bone marrow transplant. Instead they're looking to do some injections or chemo pills.