Anyway I was born in 1969 in Riverside, Calf. and I was brought home and brought back to the hospital a week after I was born I was vomiting up feces and losing a lot of weight so when I got to the hospital they found out that my small intestines were  backwards so they turned them the right way and gangrene set in so they took all but 17cm of my small and some of my large.

I was in the hospital for 3 yrs straight then in and out for 3 more because I was failing to eat and when I did eat it all went right through me .I just recently received my medical records from 1969-1972 and I noticed the weight I lost was unbelievable I was 6 pounds 0 ounces when I was born and by the time my mom brought me in a week later I had lost4 ounces that may not seem like much, but after reading the charts more I seen that I had lost even more during my  visits at home. Anyway I guess they didn't have transplants back then I was also told that in 1969 there were only 6 cases plus mine in the US. now today

I am 34 yrs old I am 4'8 and 76-80 pounds and I have never hit 100 pounds. I am in the restroom a lot I have stomach problems, and I get accused of being anorexic which really hurts sometimes. I just recently had a surgery done to get rid of some of the scar tissue out of my stomach and also in my reproductive organs, the doctors seem to think I was nut's getting pregnant because of the scar tissue and that also could have been the reason why my back hurt. I do know that scar tissues grow back so I might have to get it done in 5 or 6 yrs, but so far the only problems I have that will not go away is stomach pain and the embarrassment of using the restroom

Anyway I am writing this in hopes that someone knows or has heard of another case like mine there are still 5 of us left I think, so if anyone knows someone who has gotten their small intestines out in the 1960's please let me know, I am so thankful for this website I thought I was the only one in the world feeling like this.

Thank You again,

Dee