updates

hello all,

a quick update:

mel is doing great. she's up and moving around a lot and the pain has decreased every day!

i am up and moving around as well and the pain is also decreasing. i have labs every tuesday and friday to monitor my medicine levels for a while and an appt with my nephrologist here in round rock on tuesday.

we'll update soon, but for now thank you so much for all of your love and support!

love and hugs,

camel

yay!

hello all,

mel was released today and is feeling much better. she is still in some pain which is to be expected -- her incision is right in the middle of her stomach. she will continue to rest up in austin in the coming weeks.

i will be in the hospital until wednesday (most likely). this morning was a little rough from nausea but i feel great now and have done a lot of walking today.

thanks again for everyone's love and support and we'll keep you updated!

love and hugs,

camel

Movin' On Up!

Cam will be moved out of ICU and onto the second floor in about an hour or two!

His room will be just a few doors down from Mel's, so they will be able to see each other more easily!

Mel is still in a bit of pain, but she is sitting up right now and eating her first real meal!

Please continue praying for their recoveries.

Love,

Katy

"letter from the editor"

hello all,

first off, thanks to katy for a job very well done! she will continue to update this weekend on what's going on, but as I am feeling great, I decided I would let everyone know!

i have been in ICU all afternoon and will be tonight as a precaution and then will move to a room up on the second floor near Mel. they are hoping to get me out on wednesday and mel on monday (but no guarantees).

keep sending thoughts and love our way as we have a whiles to go until we are back to our normal lives.

as always, thanks for everything and much love.

back to you, katy.

cam

Good News!

Both Mel and Cam are out of surgery!

Everything is going well - Mel is still in recovery and Cam will go into the ICU for monitoring.

Please continue to pray as they both recover.

Love,

Katy

1 down, 1 to go

Mel is done! Everything went will with Melanie's surgery and she is in recovery!

Cam is currently in surgery and everything is going great!

More later.

Katy

Mel is in surgery!

Hey all,

Melanie went back for surgery about 30 minutes ago. She should be in surgery for about 2 hours. Cameron will go back in about 30 minutes and should be done around noon.

I will let you know when I know more.

Keep praying,

Katy

Today is the day!

Hey everyone!

This is Mel's sister, Katy. I will be updating the blog throughout the next few days.

We are at the hospital and Melanie is getting ready to go into her surgery at 7:00 am. They just took Cam back to get him prepped. The surgeries should take about 3-5 hours total.

Please keep praying for the surgeries to go well and for speedy recoveries!

I will update once I know any knew info.

Love,
Katy

welcome katy

mel and i (and family) are here safely in san antonio about to rest up for tomorrow's big day. we need to be at the hospital at 5am so the surgeries are pretty early in the morning.

it looks like i will be in ICU through Saturday morning as a precautionary measure and Mel should be in recovery/her room by then as well.

for now, i will be handing off updating duties (haha, duty) to katy, mel's sister. welcome her with open arms and be patient if there are not updates right away -- it will be a very busy day for everyone. i for some reason you need to get ahold of anyone, mine and mel's parents/sisters will have their cellphones and my mom will be keeping mine during my time in the hospital.

thanks for your love and support -- without all of you, we wouldn't be where we are today.

love and big hugs,

cam and mel (camel -- thanks sallie)

3 days and counting...

hello all!

thank you for your patience as Mel and I finished up school this year. we both had a great year and are happy with all of our accomplishements.

now, for the details that we have so far:

thursday -- mel and i will go in to the hospital around 8am to have some last blood draws/labs done. as far as we know, we can go back to the hotel for the rest of the day after these tests

friday -- arrive very early (530am or so) and get prepped for surgery and then head in to surgery. we have no definite times for this day but we'll let you know when we do.

after surgery, we will go to recovery and then after that, i will be in the hospital for about a week (5-7 days) and mel will be in there for 2-3 days. after we get out, we will rest up at home for about 4-6 weeks.

as always, please leave any questions here and we'll answer them!

lots of love and we'll update soon!
cam and mel