[Ponte Alto] Surgery #3 for Michael "Steve Austin" Saint-Sever

[Max Nelson]

Michael had his 3rd Surgery on Friday (non-Endoscopic) for the new  
Aneurysm, and while it (unsurprisingly) wound-up being more  
complicated than originally expected (Michael, of course, being an  
unusually complicated sort of bloke), the 7+ hour surgery went well  
and the Doctor said he Michael looked good (so I guess he goes that  
way).

With all the surgeries and the Doctors' drawings about what's going on  
and what they're doing, Barbara says she's beginning to feel like she  
married the six million dollar man.  She wishes... not sure what the  
U.S. Marshall pension is like these days, but I'm thinking it's not  
that high.

He did well recovering on Saturday, but by the end of the day he began  
to experience fatigue and needed some sleep.  They're hoping that he  
can be transferred to a different area in a few days and perhaps could  
even be out of the hospital by the 4th of July!  Independence Day  
(goodbye Stalag 17... hello Freedom)!

He is in a different ICU ward than he was previously where they have  
harsher regulations (this one has four one-hour visitor sessions  
during the day with only two people allowed at a time).  Consequently,  
Barbara is asking that people hold-off trying to visit him until he is  
transferred to a different section.

Again, cards can be sent to their home, or people can wait to see him  
when he returns home (post-Independence Day, with all the multiple  
meanings inherent therein).

As e'er, everyone's thoughts and prayers and best wishes have been  
tremendously meaningful to the entire family and have done wonders for  
everyone's spirits.

I know they continue to be thankful.

In service,

Max Von Halstern