Hello Everyone!  A lot of you have been worried about and inquiring about Ko's condition.  As most of you know, she was in the hospital for 4 days with pancreatitis prior to the retreat and is back in again now for the last 3 days.  I was worried they did not resolve her issue before the retreat, and I was half right...the pancreatits was still present, as was the closed bile duct.  But this time they did a procedure called ERCP and ended up doing a sphincterotomy with stent (in the bile duct).  They also did some testing they did not do the first stay and discovered she has C Diff a contagious bacterial infection, and it appears that all of these conditions together were what was causing her so much pain, and in turn dehydration and fatigue.  She was under quarantine due to the C Diff, so I haven't seen her for the last 36 hours, but she has told me they are finally letting her have fluids by mouth and even gave her soft foods this morning!  Most of her issues are finally resolving, but her erythrocites are low.  She will be staying at least one more night.  She and I and our family are grateful and thankful for your concerns and prayers!!!