Re: Prayers answered!!! Thank you God!!! Surgery successful....WhaHoo!!!

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Donelle, Oh Yes!!!!!! Yes,Yes, Yes, Our prayers have been

answered!!!! But I will continue with the Prayers since Glenn has a

long ways to go yet with the recouperation. I am so Happy for the

both of you!!!

Donelle, I am hoping that you got some good food into yourself

finally. Please, Please you must take care of yourself too!!! You are

a strong lady to have to endure all this. Stay strong and take care

of yourself too.

Thank You for letting all of us know how it went. I was wondering

and Praying all day for Glenn. I am so Thankful to our Lord, Our

Saviour to let this all go well!!! God be with YOU and Glenn!!! Ingrid

> Hi all...it's been a very loooooong day!! (No breakfast, b/c I was

too

> nervous) And I was going to come home, eat a bite and go to

bed...but I don't feel

> like eating...and I'm too tired and keyed up to sleep!!!

>

> We were at the hospital at 11:30 a.m., as requested, for surgery

scheduled

> at l:45 p.m. Long story short, they didn't take Glenn to surgery

until 2:30

> p.m. No problems with Glenn, just typical

hospital " stuff " ....they want you

> there 2 hrs. early and then you have to wait those 2 hrs. plus

another!!!

> Grrrr!!! (So I missed lunch, btw..b/c the cafeteria was closed by

the time they

> took Glenn to surgery!!)

>

> The surgery was scheduled to be 1.5 hrs. approx. , one of my

sisters,

> arrived at the hosp. just minutes before they took Glenn down, so

I had a

> brief moment of hugs and crying after Glenn was taken to

surgery...got that out

> of the way!!! LOL It turned out having there was a

Godsend, not

> planned btw, b/c the 1.5 hr. surgery turned in to 4.5 hrs.!!! I

would have been

> totally frantic by then by myself...so thanks, , again!!!

>

> Glenn was stable, according to the dr., during the whole surgery,

but they

> did have to put him totally out after 2 hrs. of surgery with

twilight. Any of

> you that know Glenn already know that nothing seems to go easy for

him!!!

> Anyway, I won't get in to that any further!!! So about 5 p.m. I

called the

> Recovery Room thinking they forgot to come and get me, but was

told that he was

> still in surgery, but everything was o.k. " just taking longer than

expected

> and wouldn't be much longer " . So we proceeded to wait...by the

time the Dr.

> came to see me, it was 7 p.m. (and he still had another

surgery...guess that

> person was starved to death by then!!! Poor person!!!)

left at that

> point knowing that our tough Coastie had made it!!! Well, the

dinner time

> cafeteria was closed by then!!! So I missed dinner, too!!! At 8

p.m. they

> called me to Recovery and Glenn was lying there wide awake...they

had been

> looking for me and I was right where they left me and told me they

would come back

> for me (but of course they changed shifts and the nurse that told

me that had

> left...grrr!!!)

>

> We got Glenn to his room comfortably, but he was very hungry and

didn't mind

> telling anyone who would listen...of course, b/c he had anes.,

he's on full

> liquids tonite...and is NOT a happy camper!!! The nurse finally

got him some

> chicken noodle soup...and said, " Ooops, some noodles fell

in " ...she was

> funny, but smart b/c she knew Glenn was going to give her grief

until he got

> something in his tummy.

>

> The Dr. then came in at 9:30 p.m. (had just finished his surgery)

and

> pressed on Glenns new " pump " and it was really painful. Glenn's

eyes opened wider

> than I've seen in a long time...and I knew what words were going

through his

> mind....LOL

>

> What took so long was, the dr. wanted the tube attached to the

right jugular

> vein (he told me why, but I've forgotten) Glenn has a Gall

Bladder scar on

> the right side abdomen and he couldn't put the pump there for fear

of scar

> tissue problems. So he put the pump on the left side right above

the waistline

> with a tube down in to the abdomen and then had to " route " the

tube going up

> just above his nipple/chest area and over across the chest to the

right

> jugular vein. So he has 2 small incisions in the chest and vein

areas and a

> larger one where the pump is inserted just beneath the skin.

>

> The pump works on its own...if Glenn lies down it pumps full

force, if he

> sits in his lazy boy position, it pumps some, if he's standing, it

does not

> pump. Glenn can tell when his tummy is filling up...he can first

feel pressure

> on different organs and then as the fluid increases, he feels pain,

so he

> will know when he needs to lie down or manually pump the pump

himself. Isn't

> this incredible?? To manually pump the pump, which is what the

dr. was doing

> when I saw the whites of Glenn's eyes, he presses and squeezes on

the pump

> itself. It won't always be painful... it's just sore now b/c the

area is tender

> from the surgery. The dr. knew it would hurt, but wanted to make

sure it

> was working.

>

> They will monitor him all night long, keeping him at a 45 degree

angle but

> lying him flat every 2 hrs. for 15 mins. so every time he gets to

sleep, they

> will wake him!! They will also check vitals and do blood tests

several

> times during the night to check for infection and also will be

checking for

> interanl bleeding. Oh, he'll be " fun " tomorrow!!! LOL

>

> The ins. co. will only approve one night in the hosp. (unless he

has

> complications) so he'll come home tomorrow...oops...later this

evening (Tues.)...

> This just amazes me that they send you home so quickly. We will

still have to

> watch for bleeding and any sign of infection (both of which we

already know

> Glenn is prone to do!!!) So please keep praying for Glenn's

recovery...he

> says his tummy already feels better to him...he was drained on

Friday (9.7

> liters) and the dr. took out 4.5 while he was in there today (3

days later) Of

> course, now they are filling him with Saline IV's...to prevent

dehydration.

> His blood pressure was 100/58 just before I left the

hospital...and that's

> higher than it's been in a month...so all seems to be going well.

And now, I'm

> going to bed!!! Thanks again for all your prayers and positive

thoughts...but

> don't stop yet...LOL

>

> Sorry this is such a " book " , but I needed to vent...thank you!!

And thanks

> to all who called to check on both of us! I had no signal inside

the

> hospital area where we were waiting. Thanks again to

for " being there " when I

> was too stubborn to let anyone who offered do it...(she never

listens to

> me...LOL) and thanks to those who offered...mwaaah!!!

>

> Hugs to all of you, Donelle

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