[bcbirdclub] Sheldon's Surgery Went Well
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:41:27 -0500
Hi All,
I was able to talk to Orpha today about 11:30 a.m. I was surprised when she
gave Sheldon the phone. He was being prepared to go to the operating room at
that time. I was able to speak to him for less than a minute before he had to
go. He seemed alert.
Orpha called back around 4:00 p.m. She said the operation had gone very well.
It seems that the invasive surgery was not necessary (at least not yet), and
the procedure consisted of putting a tube in through his mouth all the way to
his pancreas and removing necrotic tissue.
He came through the operation very well, and was doing well at the time Orpha
called. She said that Sheldon would be removed from the ventilator this
evening. She was told that the doctors were able to remove about 90% of the
necrotic tissue.
On Sunday a CT Scan will be performed, and if everything looks good, the
doctors plan to go in again on Monday to remove the rest of the tissue.
According to Orpha, Sheldon has lost about 90% of his pancreas, and of course
that is something he will have to deal with in the future, but at least for the
moment we can all breathe a sigh of relief.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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