I was jolted awake at 5:30 AM by a mean nurse with a horrible bedside manner who was cranking my bed up into the upright position while I was still sleeping! She then plopped down 2 jugs of barium and told me I was to drink them before she returned in an hour. Well Good Morning to you too, lady!! I had not eaten more than a couple of bites of food since my surgery and now I had to chug this nasty milky barium stuff, did I mention I am not a morning person? At 7:00 AM, I was wheeled down for the CAT scan and I was back up to my room by 8:00. My doctor had 13 surgeries that day and he did not make his rounds until about 7:00 PM that night when we finally got the good news from the CAT. The pancreas and surrounding organs looked normal and cancer free! There was an area of my colon that appeared to be inflamed on the CAT, so my Gastroenterologist was called to setup a colonoscopy to rule out possible colon cancer. I was finally sprung from the hospital around 8:30 that night. Thanks to everyone who called, emailed and sent beautiful plants, flowers and gift baskets while I was in the hospital. And thanks to my wonderful parents for taking care of our animal children, Abby, Pearl & Roscoe. And especially a great big thank you to my perfect husband who never left my side for 3 days, managed to keep everyone in the loop and had to sleep in a chair for 2 nights in a row. I cannot begin to convey how strong and supportive he was during the whole ordeal, I am the luckiest girl in the world to have Joel Lester as my husband and best friend!