Guest guest Posted July 30, 2000 Report Share Posted July 30, 2000 angiesangels@... wrote: > > This may be a dumb question,but why does she have tubes? She had a leak and had to have emergency surgery. I heard she had developed a second leak while she was in the hospital, but I didn't hear anything more (i.e., whether she had to have a third surgery or not). The tube is a feeding tube that sends liquid food directly to the intestine, bypassing the stomach and most of the surgery area. This is probably a precaution by Dr. Rutledge to help avoid further leaks as she heals that might happen if she were eating. Kind regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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