I just talked to Melanie. She is still in the hospital in critical condition, and they expect her to be there for at least the next 20 days. She said surgery went fine, but that she was discharged with a fever and has been having major complications. Apparently she was allergic to the antibiotic they gave her and her red blood cell count went down to 4. She has had about 8 blood transfusions, but her body is eating up the blood cells as soon as they give them to her. She has coded several times. She was in ICU, but they moved her to a room so that her family could be with her because they felt she would get better care from them (she is in a University Hospital, across the street from where she had surgery). I'm sure she would appreciate a few calls, but wouldn't want to be overwhelmed with them! What we really need to do is to PRAY and PRAY HARD!!!!!!