Casey's Hospitalization and Surgery UPDATED

Start:	Apr 6, '09 07:30a
End:	Apr 11, '09
Location:	University of Minnesota, Fairview

CaseyAnne has "megacolon". A condition which only can be relieved by surgery.
She has much pain-

Some days good. Most days in pain.

When her surgery is over, she will be relieved of 70% of her colon...
I believe this hospitalization may be longer than her transplant hospitalization was?

For a summary of Caseys surgery
*(and pictures of her own megacolon),
please go to this blog. http://flintville.multiply.com/journal/item/775


Please keep her in your thoughts... and prayers... and hearts...

XOXO
Anne

If you have not read her entry, please go to this link.
http://edbdkcn.multiply.com/journal/item/104

Rules for the Non-Military

From my email...
                           
Dear Civilians,
'We know that the current state of affairs in our great nation has many civilians up in arms and excited to join the military.

For those of you who can't join, you can still lend a hand.
                           
Here are a few of the areas where we would like your assistance:
                           
1.  The next time you see any adults talking (or wearing a hat) during the playing of the National Anthem - kick their ass.
               
           
2. When you witness, firsthand, someone burning the American Flag in protest - kick their ass.
         
                 
3.  Regardless of the rank they held while they served, pay the highest amount of respect to all veterans. If you see anyone doing otherwise,
quietly pull them aside and explain how these veterans fought for the very freedom they bask in every second. Enlighten them on the many
sacrifices these veterans made to make this Nation great.  Then hold them down while a disabled veteran kicks their ass.
     
                     
4.  If you were never in the military, DO NOT pretend that you were. Wearing battle dress uniforms (BDUs) or Jungle Fatigues, telling others
that you used to be 'Special Forces, Collecting GI Joe memorabilia, might have been okay when you were seven years old. Now, it will only make you look stupid and get your ass kicked.
        
                  
5.  Next time you come across an *Air Force* member, do not ask them, 'Do you fly a jet?' Not everyone in the Air Force is a pilot. Such ignorance deserves an ass-kicking, (children under 11 are exempt).
    
                      
6.  If you witness someone calling the US Coast Guard 'non-military', inform them of their mistake - and kick their ass..
           
               
7.  Next time Old Glory (the US flag) prances by during a parade, get on your damn feet and pay homage to her by placing your hand over your
heart. Quietly thank the military member or veteran lucky enough to be carrying her - of course, failure to do either of those could earn you a severe ass-kicking.
       
                   
8.  Don't try to discuss politics with a military member or a veteran.  We are Americans, and we all bleed the same, regardless of our party
affiliation.  Our Chain of Command is to include our Commander-In-Chief (CinC).  The President (for those who didn't know) is our CinC.

Regardless of political party. We have no inside track on what happens inside those big important buildings where all those representatives meet.
All we know is that when those civilian  representatives screw up the situation, they call upon the military to go straighten it out.

If you keep asking us the same stupid questions repeatedly, you will get your ass kicked.
        

                  
9.  'Your mama wears combat boots' never made sense to me - stop saying it!  If she did, she would most likely be a vet and therefore could kick your ass!
                           
10. Bin Laden and the Taliban are not Communists, so stop saying 'Let's go kill those Commies!'
And stop asking us where he is! Crystal balls are not standard issue in the military.
That reminds me- if you see anyone calling those damn psychic phone numbers, let me know, so I can go kick their ass!
                           
11. 'Flyboy' (*Air Force*), 'Jarhead' (*Marines*),'Grunt' (*Army*), 'Squid' (*Navy*), 'Puddle Jumpers' (*Coast Guard*), etc., are terms of endearment we use describing each other.
Unless you are a service member or vet, you have not earned the right to use them.  Using them could get your ass kicked.
        
                  
12.  Last, but not least, whether or not you become a member of the military, support our troops and their families. Every Thanksgiving and religious holiday that you enjoy with family and friends, please remember that there are literally thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen far from home wishing they could be with their families.

Thank God for our military and the sacrifices they make every day. Without them, our country would get it's ass kicked.
                           
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God Bless America!

XOXO
Me