Mama Girl has survived through

her major operation last evening. As of now, she is awake though uncomfortable from post-op and the effects of medication and painkillers.

Her rupture was worse than expected. 'An odd case', according to Dr L. Cos with such a rupture as she had, she should be looking far worse than she did. But clinically she appeared fine, her condition was deceiving and it would not be possible to know the extent of her internal damage from the way she presented herself.

"The risk depends on the size and location of the hernia within the diaphragm. A small hernia in the diaphragm may go unnoticed and the dog or cat will live a normal life. Dogs with severe hernias in the diaphragm, may develop symptoms quickly and die if left unattended."

The state of Mama Girl's rupture, though on the surface she looks fine, if left unattended, she will worsen and soon fade away.

There were difficulties in getting her organs all into their correct position (her liver and spleen had spilled into her chest cavity when her diaphragm ruptured and they broke through the protective membrane) and also difficulties closing up the diaphragm and her abdominal cavity due to the absence of enough strong muscle tissues to hold both diaphragm and abdominal contents intact. But, by faith, all that needs to be done for Mama Girl is already done now.

Now, we will let her rest and recuperate in her own time.