Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Thursday Morning Surgery
Ben is all set to have surgery Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. He will be staying over, but will be home on Friday if all goes as planned. He surgery is slotted for 2 hours and 10 minutes (a short one for a change). He will be having a drool procedure (snipping 4 of his saliva ducts), his nose looked at and dilated if needed, a larger trach put in, his airway scopes and GI will be placing a PH probe in his nose for 24 hours to see if any of his stomach contents are traveling back up (we hope not). We are hoping that Ben has a speedy recovery and isn't in much pain afterwards. If the drool procedure works, we might not need to suction Ben every 5 minutes like he needs now (they did say his secretions may be worse after the surgery for a little bit - sometimes it takes a little while for the body to adjust). We have also been told that census in the hospital is VERY high right now and we might have to wait longer than normal in recovery until we are able to get a room and we might not get to go to the floor we want.
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8 comments:
Ben,
You'll be in my thoughts every second till I hear from Mommy or Daddy that surgery is over and you are in your room and ok. Wishing you all the best.
Love you,
Gramma Mo
I'm sure everything will be just fine tomorrow and the surgery will go smoothly. We will be thinking about all of you and will anxiously await the news that all was successful.
Lots of love,
Theresa
Praying for all to go well for you Ben!
The Youngs
We will be thinking about you and I will be telling Eva when she gets up what you will be doing at that time.
Hugs and prayers,
Crystal and Eva
You will be in our thoughts and prayers...here's to an uneventful surgery.
Love,
Sarah, Jeremy, and Evan
I knew Ben had a surgery coming up soon, but couldn't remember the exact day. Here's hoping everything went well this morning and that Ben is already out of recovery and resting comfortably in a room. It's no fun being stuck in the recovery room all day!
Let us know how the surgery goes. We'll be praying it's a success and that Ben bounces back quickly.
Love,
The Kauffman's
Good Luck Ben! I will be praying that everything goes as planned!
Let us know how everything went as soon as you can!
Love and kisses to you all!
Jennifer Mock & Family
Eagerly waiting for an update please!!!
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