Latest update - Post Op visit with surgeon.

Hope all is well with everyone.

We had our post op visit with the surgeon (it will be three weeks this Wednesday).

He said all appears to be healing well. 

He asked if I was eating....Kathy answered before I could "HE IS EATING!" 😊

Kathy finally got to ask her question of why the surgery went so quickly (a little over an hour) instead of the 3-5 hours they had predicted.

The doctor explained that the images they viewed (ultrasound etc.) before surgery all looked pretty bad. The spleen was so big they were worried that it might have been cancer that had left the spleen and created adhesions (attached) to other organs etc.. 

When that happens it gets real complicated having to separate and seal everything off .

Fortunately it didn't happen that way for us.

Still waiting on the pathology report.


Comments

  1. JudyAugust 27, 2023 at 8:18 AM

    Healing well - good news! Great job Nurse Kathy! Continued prayers for the pathology results. Confident results will be favorable.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM

    This post is good news. Is pathology back yet. Sandy

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