I think we all have to realize we are talking apples and oranges here. The issue isn't how close to surgery can baby be fed to make anesthesia happy, but how clean the bowel is for the surgery. That's a whole other ball game and pretty crucial for bowel surgery. BTW: Trish's info on how fast the stomach empties is certainly fascinating! Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html