Re: Update on Letitia

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Letitia,

Your post brings tears to my eyes. I hope that your surgery goes as

well as my grandaugther's did. She had her upper right lobe removed

last June. They also told us that they might have to remove the

middle lobe, but after they got in there they decided to leave the

middle lobe. Abby's upper lobe was collapsed and horboring

bacteria. Since the surgery, she is doing 100% better. Huge, huge,

huge improvement.

Thinking of you,

Gale

> Hi everyone,

>

> It is me Letitia, it took me a couple of days to write this

email,

> because alot has happened and it wore me out to even read email.

has

> been keeping up with reading them to me . Ok I will start at the

beginning,

> on Monday I had my bronch, and when I woke up I was hurting so bad

that I was

> crying, and really knew something was wrong because I never

cry unless

> it is really bad. The results of the bronch is my lungs are 30%

worse than my

> last bronch which was 2 months ago. The right upper lobe that is

abssesed has

> another part of it collasped and the lingular lobe is got puss

pouring out of

> it (that lobe is the one over my heart, and that is why my heart

has been

> bothering me so bad and it has been beating 130 to 140 for 6 months

and o2

> doent slow it down, because the lung tissue is surrounded by

diseased lung).

> Well I was returned to my room, while ringing my hands and

crying b/c

> of the pain. My dr ordered a xray and 5 hours later the xray techs

decided to

> read it and my dr walks in my room and, and before he said anythin

I said

> which lobe is collasped and he replyed with not one lobe, the whole

right

> lung is collasped. He had my xray with him and showed us, my right

lung was

> just hanging against my ribs being held against my ribs. He said it

was a

> wonder that my ribs had not been broken. So he says we need to put

a chest

> tube in. So he gives me 2 doses of verset and procedes to give me 2

shots in

> my chest where the tube will go. I just about came off of the

table, well to

> make a long story short i was wake the whole time, i felt the whole

thing and

> the dr kept saying he was sorry but he couldnt give anymore

morphine or

> verset. I said it isnt your fault. He said he had never seen anyone

that was

> that hard to numb. He ended up cutting me a inch and half, and I

have never

> hurt so bad in my life!

> The next day I was not any better and he said if I wasnt

better by

> wednesday he was going to call a surgeon in about taking out the

right upper

> lobe, because it would not inflate itself. And if he took the tube

out with

> my lung like this I wouldnt make it through the summer I would be

dead.

> I saw the surgeon on wednesday and it was decided that we had

no

> choice we had to do the surgery, even though there is a very HIGH

risk that

> my heart will stop, or my left lung will collaspe or I will be

sicker when I

> wake up or he wil not be able to wing me off of the vent, but we

have no

> choice, the high RISKS are the same with each decision, so

basically we

> decided to do the surgery and risk it and hope i make it and I get

better.

> Because if we dont try it then that is like me giving up and just

letting

> myself die So the surgery is on Tuesday at 8am.

> Then on Thursday night i went to the bathroom and on the way

out i

> bend down to pick up something and the chest tube falls out on the

floor.My

> dr comes running back and to make a long story short, I had 6 shots

in the

> hole where the other one waas in and I was cut more and I was wide

awake, and

> is crying so bad he had to leave. my mom held my hand while

snubbing

> the whole time and i was screaming, and i ended up passing out from

the pain,

> then to top it off, it wasnt in the lung and he had to take it out

and do it

> all over, 6 more shots, then he put in a epidural that didnt work.

He couldnt

> give me anything else b/c my breathing would not hold up to it, he

had

> already given me 2 doses of verset and some demerol. I am awake now

and chris

> is crying so bad he had to sit down, delana had to leave and my mom

said she

> would rather die than to see me going through this. I am hurting so

bad now

> that I cant move I am on a morphine pump and he cant up the dose

b/c it will

> slow my breathing down to much, I cant walk and when i tried I fell

and Chris

> was so mad. My mom is staying all night and day with Me and chris,

and they

> are worried sick.

> I am not afraid at all I am at peace if I die I am just

worried about

> he loves me so much and this is tearing him apart. I pray

that if

> something happens to me that God will take care of him.

> My mom is really upset, and worried sick, but I am at peace

with what

> ever happens.

> So this is my week and I am hurting so bad but I will make it

and

> Tuesday is the big day. The surgeon said that he might have to take

my right

> middle lobe to and one of my ribs, so we are facing that also. and

my left

> middle lobe is so bad that in one year it will be abssessed like

this right

> one is. I asked my dr what we would do then and he said we will

deal with

> that when it happens.

> The dr told me that it would take months for me to get over

this so

> by the time I get over it if I make it, we will be in the same

postion we are

> in now, with the left lingular lobe.

> I am sorry this is so long and I worry about all of you, I

hope

> everyone is doing ok, but dont worry about me I will be fine, Im

not even

> scared about it.

> With love and God bless alll of you.

> Letitia...someone whoo has 3 tubes coming out of her body:(((

>

> Maybe one day I will be able to go back to my " On another Note " :

(((((

[Guest guest]

LETITIA & CHRIS-

We miss you!

Sending prayers for comfort and healing from Colorado.

I am so sorry you are going through this mess.

Love,

Lenora

>

>> Hi everyone,

>>

>> It is me Letitia, it took me a couple of days to write this

>email,

>> because alot has happened and it wore me out to even read email.

>has

>> been keeping up with reading them to me . Ok I will start at the

>beginning,

>> on Monday I had my bronch, and when I woke up I was hurting so bad

>that I was

>> crying, and really knew something was wrong because I never

>cry unless

>> it is really bad. The results of the bronch is my lungs are 30%

>worse than my

>> last bronch which was 2 months ago. The right upper lobe that is

>abssesed has

>> another part of it collasped and the lingular lobe is got puss

>pouring out of

>> it (that lobe is the one over my heart, and that is why my heart

>has been

>> bothering me so bad and it has been beating 130 to 140 for 6 months

>and o2

>> doent slow it down, because the lung tissue is surrounded by

>diseased lung).

>> Well I was returned to my room, while ringing my hands and

>crying b/c

>> of the pain. My dr ordered a xray and 5 hours later the xray techs

>decided to

>> read it and my dr walks in my room and, and before he said anythin

>I said

>> which lobe is collasped and he replyed with not one lobe, the whole

>right

>> lung is collasped. He had my xray with him and showed us, my right

>lung was

>> just hanging against my ribs being held against my ribs. He said it

>was a

>> wonder that my ribs had not been broken. So he says we need to put

>a chest

>> tube in. So he gives me 2 doses of verset and procedes to give me 2

>shots in

>> my chest where the tube will go. I just about came off of the

>table, well to

>> make a long story short i was wake the whole time, i felt the whole

>thing and

>> the dr kept saying he was sorry but he couldnt give anymore

>morphine or

>> verset. I said it isnt your fault. He said he had never seen anyone

>that was

>> that hard to numb. He ended up cutting me a inch and half, and I

>have never

>> hurt so bad in my life!

>> The next day I was not any better and he said if I wasnt

>better by

>> wednesday he was going to call a surgeon in about taking out the

>right upper

>> lobe, because it would not inflate itself. And if he took the tube

>out with

>> my lung like this I wouldnt make it through the summer I would be

>dead.

>> I saw the surgeon on wednesday and it was decided that we had

>no

>> choice we had to do the surgery, even though there is a very HIGH

>risk that

>> my heart will stop, or my left lung will collaspe or I will be

>sicker when I

>> wake up or he wil not be able to wing me off of the vent, but we

>have no

>> choice, the high RISKS are the same with each decision, so

>basically we

>> decided to do the surgery and risk it and hope i make it and I get

>better.

>> Because if we dont try it then that is like me giving up and just

>letting

>> myself die So the surgery is on Tuesday at 8am.

>> Then on Thursday night i went to the bathroom and on the way

>out i

>> bend down to pick up something and the chest tube falls out on the

>floor.My

>> dr comes running back and to make a long story short, I had 6 shots

>in the

>> hole where the other one waas in and I was cut more and I was wide

>awake, and

>> is crying so bad he had to leave. my mom held my hand while

>snubbing

>> the whole time and i was screaming, and i ended up passing out from

>the pain,

>> then to top it off, it wasnt in the lung and he had to take it out

>and do it

>> all over, 6 more shots, then he put in a epidural that didnt work.

>He couldnt

>> give me anything else b/c my breathing would not hold up to it, he

>had

>> already given me 2 doses of verset and some demerol. I am awake now

>and chris

>> is crying so bad he had to sit down, delana had to leave and my mom

>said she

>> would rather die than to see me going through this. I am hurting so

>bad now

>> that I cant move I am on a morphine pump and he cant up the dose

>b/c it will

>> slow my breathing down to much, I cant walk and when i tried I fell

>and Chris

>> was so mad. My mom is staying all night and day with Me and chris,

>and they

>> are worried sick.

>> I am not afraid at all I am at peace if I die I am just

>worried about

>> he loves me so much and this is tearing him apart. I pray

>that if

>> something happens to me that God will take care of him.

>> My mom is really upset, and worried sick, but I am at peace

>with what

>> ever happens.

>> So this is my week and I am hurting so bad but I will make it

>and

>> Tuesday is the big day. The surgeon said that he might have to take

>my right

>> middle lobe to and one of my ribs, so we are facing that also. and

>my left

>> middle lobe is so bad that in one year it will be abssessed like

>this right

>> one is. I asked my dr what we would do then and he said we will

>deal with

>> that when it happens.

>> The dr told me that it would take months for me to get over

>this so

>> by the time I get over it if I make it, we will be in the same

>postion we are

>> in now, with the left lingular lobe.

>> I am sorry this is so long and I worry about all of you, I

>hope

>> everyone is doing ok, but dont worry about me I will be fine, Im

>not even

>> scared about it.

>> With love and God bless alll of you.

>> Letitia...someone whoo has 3 tubes coming out of her body:(((

>>

>> Maybe one day I will be able to go back to my " On another Note " :

>(((((

>

>

[Guest guest]

Letitia &

I am so sorry that you both are going through all of this. My

family and I will be thinking of you and keeping you in our prayers

that this will all work out for you.

Love and prayers, Christy Mom of Wyatt 7wcf and Hunter 2.5wocf

> >> Hi everyone,

> >>

> >> It is me Letitia, it took me a couple of days to write

this

> >email,

> >> because alot has happened and it wore me out to even read email.

> >has

> >> been keeping up with reading them to me . Ok I will start at the

> >beginning,

> >> on Monday I had my bronch, and when I woke up I was hurting so

bad

> >that I was

> >> crying, and really knew something was wrong because I

never

> >cry unless

> >> it is really bad. The results of the bronch is my lungs are 30%

> >worse than my

> >> last bronch which was 2 months ago. The right upper lobe that is

> >abssesed has

> >> another part of it collasped and the lingular lobe is got puss

> >pouring out of

> >> it (that lobe is the one over my heart, and that is why my heart

> >has been

> >> bothering me so bad and it has been beating 130 to 140 for 6

months

> >and o2

> >> doent slow it down, because the lung tissue is surrounded by

> >diseased lung).

> >> Well I was returned to my room, while ringing my hands and

> >crying b/c

> >> of the pain. My dr ordered a xray and 5 hours later the xray

techs

> >decided to

> >> read it and my dr walks in my room and, and before he said

anythin

> >I said

> >> which lobe is collasped and he replyed with not one lobe, the

whole

> >right

> >> lung is collasped. He had my xray with him and showed us, my

right

> >lung was

> >> just hanging against my ribs being held against my ribs. He

said it

> >was a

> >> wonder that my ribs had not been broken. So he says we need to

put

> >a chest

> >> tube in. So he gives me 2 doses of verset and procedes to give

me 2

> >shots in

> >> my chest where the tube will go. I just about came off of the

> >table, well to

> >> make a long story short i was wake the whole time, i felt the

whole

> >thing and

> >> the dr kept saying he was sorry but he couldnt give anymore

> >morphine or

> >> verset. I said it isnt your fault. He said he had never seen

anyone

> >that was

> >> that hard to numb. He ended up cutting me a inch and half, and I

> >have never

> >> hurt so bad in my life!

> >> The next day I was not any better and he said if I wasnt

> >better by

> >> wednesday he was going to call a surgeon in about taking out

the

> >right upper

> >> lobe, because it would not inflate itself. And if he took the

tube

> >out with

> >> my lung like this I wouldnt make it through the summer I would

be

> >dead.

> >> I saw the surgeon on wednesday and it was decided that we

had

> >no

> >> choice we had to do the surgery, even though there is a very

HIGH

> >risk that

> >> my heart will stop, or my left lung will collaspe or I will be

> >sicker when I

> >> wake up or he wil not be able to wing me off of the vent, but we

> >have no

> >> choice, the high RISKS are the same with each decision, so

> >basically we

> >> decided to do the surgery and risk it and hope i make it and I

get

> >better.

> >> Because if we dont try it then that is like me giving up and

just

> >letting

> >> myself die So the surgery is on Tuesday at 8am.

> >> Then on Thursday night i went to the bathroom and on the

way

> >out i

> >> bend down to pick up something and the chest tube falls out on

the

> >floor.My

> >> dr comes running back and to make a long story short, I had 6

shots

> >in the

> >> hole where the other one waas in and I was cut more and I was

wide

> >awake, and

> >> is crying so bad he had to leave. my mom held my hand

while

> >snubbing

> >> the whole time and i was screaming, and i ended up passing out

from

> >the pain,

> >> then to top it off, it wasnt in the lung and he had to take it

out

> >and do it

> >> all over, 6 more shots, then he put in a epidural that didnt

work.

> >He couldnt

> >> give me anything else b/c my breathing would not hold up to it,

he

> >had

> >> already given me 2 doses of verset and some demerol. I am awake

now

> >and chris

> >> is crying so bad he had to sit down, delana had to leave and my

mom

> >said she

> >> would rather die than to see me going through this. I am

hurting so

> >bad now

> >> that I cant move I am on a morphine pump and he cant up the

dose

> >b/c it will

> >> slow my breathing down to much, I cant walk and when i tried I

fell

> >and Chris

> >> was so mad. My mom is staying all night and day with Me and

chris,

> >and they

> >> are worried sick.

> >> I am not afraid at all I am at peace if I die I am just

> >worried about

> >> he loves me so much and this is tearing him apart. I pray

> >that if

> >> something happens to me that God will take care of him.

> >> My mom is really upset, and worried sick, but I am at

peace

> >with what

> >> ever happens.

> >> So this is my week and I am hurting so bad but I will

make it

> >and

> >> Tuesday is the big day. The surgeon said that he might have to

take

> >my right

> >> middle lobe to and one of my ribs, so we are facing that also.

and

> >my left

> >> middle lobe is so bad that in one year it will be abssessed

like

> >this right

> >> one is. I asked my dr what we would do then and he said we will

> >deal with

> >> that when it happens.

> >> The dr told me that it would take months for me to get

over

> >this so

> >> by the time I get over it if I make it, we will be in the same

> >postion we are

> >> in now, with the left lingular lobe.

> >> I am sorry this is so long and I worry about all of you, I

> >hope

> >> everyone is doing ok, but dont worry about me I will be fine, Im

> >not even

> >> scared about it.

> >> With love and God bless alll of you.

> >> Letitia...someone whoo has 3 tubes coming out of her body:(((

> >>

> >> Maybe one day I will be able to go back to my " On another Note " :

> >(((((

> >

> >