Surgery for our Missionary

Sister Jensen had to go in and have her gall bladder removed. She thinks it was really set off by the greasy food at the MTC. This picture was before the surgery. She is really thankful that they have a dietician that makes her food special - low fat. When Jessica came out of surgery, she looked somewhat like a nun. She was freezing and couldn't stop shaking. They have these really cool blanket things that are called "bear [Bair was the inventor]hug". It is this super thin plastic sheet that blows warm air to puff up like a thin air mattress. It has this great warm air blowing in it all the time to keep you warm.

They gave her so much pain medicine that she suddenly got very sick. They put oxygen on plus a cold rag on her head. She had an ice pack on her stomach and her back. It was rough. Obviously, the smile came once she was feeling a little better. She felt naked without her name tag...so she put it back on. She just wished they would have put Sister Jensen on her wrist band.

I was allowed to drive her and Sister Davis back to the MTC. It was hard to leave her there with her being so sick, but with the attention that she was getting from the sisters in her district, I knew that she was in good hands. The MTC has a nurse in the sick bay, and there is a Dr. there as well. Two Elders had surgery last Friday and Jessica and one other sister had surgery on Monday.

Thanks for all the prayers.