Britney's surgery went well. She was very stable during the surgery. There was a lot of scar tissue around her left lung and a lot of blood clot at the top of the left lung also. When the clot was removed an air leak was found. Dr. Smith made a pleural tent (used the lining of the lung to try and cover up the air leak). It may work. She said that they will see how her lung expands and to a functional scan (ventilation and perfusion) to see what parts of her left lung are exchanging oxygen. She didn't end up having a feeding tube put in today and will get one in the next few days. During surgery they also did a bronchoscopy ( a camera in her lungs) and found the pneumonia is resolved, but took samples of the mucus in her lungs anyway. She's back on the ventilator until they wean her off it again because of the anesthetic and paralytics used for the surgery. Thanks for all your extra thoughts, concern, and prayers today.
John
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She's such a fighter and she's been through so much. Will say some extra prayers today for her. Not to jump ahead too much, but are there rehab facilities near you or would she be moved?
ReplyDeleteSo glad Britney's surgery went well and hopefully will expedite her recovery. We continue to pray for her. Dr. S.
ReplyDeleteThere some good rehab places here in Tucson
ReplyDeleteJohn, I got your message last night. Thanks for calling me. I am glad things went well. I will talk to you soon. Tiff
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