Dr. Shires came to tell us everything went well and Ron will be in recovery about an hour. His blood pressure took a little dip but they were able to get it back up with dose of meds.
Disclaimer: following are the graphic details; not for the weak, so stop here if you can't handle gore easily!
He said once they made the small incision about a liter of bloody fluid "spewed out" over his shoulder and onto the nurse! This should greatly relieve the pain. (Kind of graphic but think of it as squeezing a pimple--when it gets popped it releases all the gunk and relieves the pressure thus decreasing the pain). The area was stretched so thin that a huge blister had formed as well.
Faint-hearted can now begin reading again!!!
He placed 2 drains in which should keep area well-drained and allow it to dry out so the internal flap (that occurred as pocket formed due to fluid build up) will heal back to itself. They have also put a binder on him to keep pressure on the area to promote this healing process and hopefully prevent further bleeding. He will be on bedrest for the next 24 hours and then they will get him up and moving again!
He will most likely be here another 4-5 days.
Dr. Shires said as always Ron is not the norm. Things like this usually happen in skinny little old ladies who have no fat to inject into. The Lovenox injection may nick an artery right under skin and, being that it is a blood thinner, it causes continued bleeding to occur.
Things to pray:
against further bleeding.
against infection. Any time you have openings in body you increase chance of infection, he now has 3 new openings...as of this morning white blood cell count was good indicating no signs of infection before surgery
for rest and healing
for good spirit...they will have to delay the clamping off of g-tube; since he will have binder on that's too much pressure on belly and would most likely cause vomiting and/or other gastric problems; so that delays process of beginning to eat which he was sooooo looking forward to tomorrow
I'll try to update later this evening or tomorrow after I've been able to see how things go with Ron.
Thanks for praying!
Love, Christie
"...let us hold firmly to the faith we profess...let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:14, 16
Love the New Living Translation of this verse
"Let us cling to Him and never stop trusting Him...let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it." Hebrews 4:14, 16
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