I got a call this morning from my cousin to tell me that my Aunt Betty is in the hospital.  I knew she had been sick and thought maybe she had the flu.  She had to go to the ER last night and had emergency surgery this morning.  When she went into surgery they thought she had a tear in her intestine, but that wasn't the case.  C called after the surgery and said that it was an ulcer and it had eatten through her stomach.  I don't know anything about these things but that don't sound so good.  The doctor said she came through the surgery ok, but we would have to watch out for pneoumonia or infection setting in.  If you are a praying person, please pray for my Aunt Betty.  She is the sweetest thing.  She is 73 or 74 years old and was--until this--in pretty good health.  She lives about an hour away from me and because of the bad weather they are calling for I am not going to be able to go visit her this weekend and I really hate that.

update:  got more info on Aunt Betty.  The info on her stomach was wrong.  The problem seems to have been ulcers on her intestines.  She is out of recovery and seems to be doing ok.