While the boy with the new liver is on the mend, a friend of mine was just admitted for surgery for her Crohn's Disease:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease Hopefully the surgery will be scheduled soon and she will recovery quickly. She knew this was coming up, but she had to be admitted today unexpectedly due to her getting worse.
This has not been a good month in terms of medical stuff.