Update on Alisa’s Surgery

We wanted to give everyone a real update on what happened with Alisa’s hernia surgery.

What was supposed to be a fairly routine 1 hour 20 minute procedure for a single inguinal hernia turned into a 3-hour surgery. Once the doctors got in, they discovered three additional hernias — bringing the total to four:
• 1 inguinal hernia (the original diagnosis)
• 1 epigastric hernia
• 2 incisional hernias

The surgeon told us it was “crazy in there,” and explained that this is likely not the last procedure she’ll need. There will be more work required across her stomach in the future.

Because of extensive scar tissue from four C-sections, recovery is going to be slow and very intentional. She’s looking at 8–10 weeks of extremely light duty to allow the mesh to properly bond and hold.

That means no snow shoveling, no digging out solar panels, and definitely no firewood cutting for a while — which, if you know Alisa, is going to be the hardest part.

We’re grateful the team found everything when they did, even if it made for a much bigger surgery than expected. Now the focus is on healing, patience, and keeping things steady here at Elev8150.

We’ll keep you all posted — and as always, thank you for the support. It means more than you know.

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