One of my ladies that I have been talking with had surgery yesterday and is in the ICU because they knicked her bowel. She is on a ventalator. Had to have all kinds of blood transfusions, not to mention what infection she could have due to the bowel leaking into her. Please pray for my friend. I feel so bad as I always spoke of how wonderful this surgery is, but you never think that the bad outcomes could happen to you and I don't talk about that much with people. I spend more time on the emotional roller coaster it can be than I do talking about the things that could go wrong. I guess I expect that is the MD's job, but I think I will start incorporating a little more of that into my talks - I am not a professional WLS counselor - I just have a lot of people who approach me because I am a nurse who has been through the surgery - and I do let them know I can only speak from my experience, but this hits too close to home.