Serious heart and lung trouble

May God guide the hands of the surgeons and all the people that care for you. Keeping the prayers up

 

Thank you everyone for your prayers!!!

Surgery wasn't till 5:00, due to trauma cases yesterday and today delaying the cases till then. Mine took two hours, and I wasn't aware of anything till well after 8:00. I was in recovery till 9:00. Just returned to same room I had previously.

I feel like I got hit by a bus. Right abdominal quadrant hurts! A lot!

Due to presence of infection in the gall bladder at the time they removed it, I’m still be in the hospital for several days yet for IV antibiotics.

 

Glad to hear things went well Brian. I am surprised they did not remove your gall bladder but you are certainly better off with it if they can squash that infection.

 

Offering up two masses today at the tomb of St John Henry Newman at his tomb at Birmingham Oratory England

This is certainly not Ireland the weather is very good.

You hang with Christ on the Cross, hang on in there.

 

I edited my post for clarity but yes, they definitely removed it.

 

I am in a lot of pain post op, some of it worse than the pain I was experiencing two days ago. This ordeal ain’t over yet I guess. I feel like they had me hanging by a meat hook through my right shoulder muscle.

 

Thank God you are over the surgery. Now we pray for an end to the infection. I hope they are giving you pain meds. I had a lsparscopic hysterectomy a few years ago and I thought going in it would be a piece of cake. Wrong!!! Hurt like blazes so I know what you mean. Rest and get well Brian. May God grant you complete healing and return to good health.. I will offer my holy hour today for this intention.. Keep us posted

 

Thanks for the update Brian. Ask for more pain relief if it is becoming unbearable.

May God grant you quick healing.

 

Abdominal area surgery really really hurts. I'm glad they are giving you IV antibiotics. And glad they had you on them going in. (I remember a friend describing an appendectomy as having a board nailed to her side! Please ask for pain meds. it helps the healing notcto be fighting pain.)

 

Just reading this whole thread now.
You are in my prayers Brian.
God Bless you.

+

 

I’m not shy about asking for pain meds. They’re giving me IV dilaudid and oral oxycodone in between the dilaudid. And I’m sleeping in a chair. I can’t lay down or my right upper quadrant as well as my right shoulder instantly goes into a crazy spasm of pain that literally takes my breath away.

I was completely under IV sedation for pain relief before I got to the OR so I suspect they had to manhandle me onto the OR table and my right arm and shoulder were in an awkward position for 2 hours.

 

God Bless you Brian. You have been through the mill!!

 

Prayers for you from us also Brian. May St Raphael, "the medicine of God" watch over you as you recover.

​

 

I think I would have preferred the gin mill...

 

Oh geezzz Brian,

sounds like you’re in more pain than ever.... you’ll need all three days for recovery. Hopefully you’ll start feeling less pain each day. That’s a load of sacrifice you have to offer here Brian. ...and every second will be very valuable ....but you know that.
Rest....

 

Up til now most of the crosses have been more psychological/ spiritual that real physical pain. Even recovering form open heart surgery was NOT that difficult nor painful.

So I found myself wondering if God was sparing me from real, difficult physical pain.

Nope!

Now I know the answer to that...

 

LOL. You still have your sense of humor.

 

Yes. A dear friend is a nurse anesthetist in Pittsburgh and just told me the same thing about the CO2 they use to distend the abdomen so the surgeon can see everything better.