Here is the latest we have...sorry its been some time. This from Uncle Kip. 

Kolleen is out of the OR now. Unfortunately things did not go as planed. They went down Kolleens throat to see about putting a stent and discovered that the stomach and the intestine were totally detached. As you remember this area was problematic due to the tissue not holding stitches to well, how it separated is unknown could have been when Kolleen pulled the tube out. But there not sure. So what does this mean:

1) some day down the road as Kolleen continues to heal she will have to have an operation to reattach her stomach to her intestine after she heals a while.

2) she will continue to receive the food through a tube into her intestine direct, nothing by mouth till they connect everything again.

3) Her stomach wound will continue to close and may need a graft eventually, again this will take time.

4) Kolleen will still go to a rehab facility (soon) to continue to heal and strengthen her legs,arms, voice etc.

5. Kolleen will have to have checkups to check things internal and to monitor progress for another shot at re-attaching her stomach and intestine.

6. Feeding by tube will have to be worked out in the future till things get better and intestine can be re-attached.

I know that this is not the news we were expecting. And hopes took a little hit. Another delay but look how far we've come. We will maintain the course and address setbacks as they surface, we still have Kolleen and she still has us.

That's the best I can explain for now.

Love you all...