August 8 (Wednesday) - noon

A short but quick update.   Sam spoke with both Dr. George and Trina, Jeannette's nurse.   Jeannette is doing just great. Dr. George said everything looked great in her gut when she did surgery last night but she wanted to be cautious and wait until Thursday to get that final look and, hopefully, begin the process of closing her up. They did remove her chest tube - another good sign.

Her nurse said she had the speech valve and was "playing" with it. She already had it in 10 minutes and she was tolerating the pressure well so they planned to leave it in for a while to let her continue to get used to it. Her BP and heart rate are holding steady after this procedure and her temp is holding where it needs to be so that's all great news.   There are no further procedures planned for her today.  - John