Update Leona Surgery
UPDATE: Wednesday, May 21 7:30AM EST
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Yesterday Leona looked great after surgery and I was really surprised to see how well that she was feeling. I was there when got out of recovery then I went home to see the kids for awhile and went back from about 7:30 to 9:00PM. I made a conscious effort to not hang around too much because she was looking tired and I didn’t want her to stress out feeling like she had to entertain me.
As far as the pain issue is concerned, she wasn’t feeling any pain on her left side (the reason that she had the surgery in the first place) and she sat in the same position the whole time after the procedure, she never would have been able to do this before. This gives us a great sense of cautious optimism because, we are not sure if the pain medication that she is taking is effecting the feeling on her left side. However, I would guess that the pain medication is not taking away all of the pain that she might experience due to the fact that she still feels pain on the right side and I believe that this is the main surgical site.
I did have a chance to speak with her this morning and she is up and walking about and in good spirits. She is currently waiting for her cathadar to be removed and after that she will find out if she can come home today.
If anyone wants to speak with me you can call me on my cell phone or home phone; although I am not going to put the numbers here because I don’t want telemarketers to get my number from the site.
I’ll update the site later when I find out her status!!
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I am at Oakwood Hospital now and just spoke with Dr. Mullins, it’s 12:47PM Michigan (EST).
The doctor said that everything went fine and he was able to perform all of the surgury laproscopically. This means that he didn’t have to cut her open and she should be able to be released from the hospital tomorrow although he explained that she might have to stay a bit longer if she is in a lot of pain.
I saw the pictures that he took of the uterus and the area surrounding the sugical site and it all looked good although I’m not a doctor (and don’t even play one on TV). I will update this post after I get to see her so check back in a few hours!!
Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers!!
