Felicity Update

So it turns out this is a great way to update people about Felicity.

Last I posted was that they were preparing her for surgery. Well, she came out ok and went home a little over a week later. I stayed a night or two with her during that stay but unfortunately had to leave her so I could get back to work. Well, after staying home for a few days (I honestly don't remember her trip home at this point because it was so short), she was back in the ER and then back with her friends in 3 North. Her pancreas was quite angry with her again for one reason or another and decided to make it known... all 3% of it.

Unfortunately she has been there for over a week again (again, they all run together now so I'm not entirely sure) and sadly missed Addison's 2nd birthday and Mother's day but thankfully did see her girls for a bit on Mother's day. Now for the not so good part...

The not so nice doctor for this week came to see her on Monday and has told her that she shouldn't be making plans to go home anytime soon and that she will be in the hospital until she is better (anywhere from 1 week-6 months). She has had to take all kinds of nasty medicine all week to prepare for xrays, counteract those things, and a few more to do other things to her. I saw her on Tuesday but mostly watched her sleep after a very very long night and from what I hear, things haven't changed too terribly much. At this point, she is nationally ranked as one of (if not THE) worst cases of pancreatitis (the other worsts have about 30% of their pancreas left) and specialists have been called in from Tennessee to help out. You know those people you get compared to so you know how good you are? Yea, shes that one... not the good one, but the terrible case you don't believe is real but a figment of the doctor's imagination so you listen to what they are telling you.

Word on the street though is that Eric saw her yesterday (or today??) and she was looking much better! Our whole family has remained on call this week to take care of the girls and go to G-ville to sit with Felicity. I took care of my nieces on Thursday and had a blast, but at the same time wished I wasn't having to. I will say it was a shocker to see Miss Emmalyn (now 9 months) standing up in her crib when I went in to get her! Not to mention the "let's pile on Aunt J and bounce around and tickle her" that happened later in the afternoon :D Mom left today to spend time with F until Monday morning when she will have to come back to Raleigh for work, and I will probably take her place on Tuesday. As you can probably tell, the rotation never ends.

Please continue to keep Felicity and the whole family in your prayers! Hopefully we can get her home soon where she can finish recovering comfortably and with her family. I'm sure there is nothing she wants more right now than to be curled up in bed with her husband, daughters, and two dogs.

If you want to send her a card, her address at the hospital is:

Felicity Barnes
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
2100 Stantonsburg Rd.
Greenville, NC 27835


If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me a message or comment and I'll get back to you! Thanks again for all of your continued prayers! They mean the world to us!