TOPIC: "Miracle Surgery"

Jay, tell your wife Wanda, we wish the best for her and your family, hang in there Jaybird!

-Russ

Wanda had a bit of a setback today.  One lung collapsed and filled with fluid, causing a high fever.  Now they are worried about pneumonia.  They were going to release her today to recover further in the hotel.  Now that is on hold.  I'll keep you informed.

Ouch. Were they able to drain the fluid from the lungs? Keep us updated on her progress and we'll keep her in our prayers.

Hi all - unfortunately I do not have great news regarding Wanda's recovery.  Two days ago she developed a serious fever.  Her urine tested fine so it was not related to the surgery.  Then yesterday morning a lung collapsed and began filling with fluid.  Not good.  She had been up walking and doing her respiratory exercises (blowing into and raising a ball in a tubular thing - sparometer (sp?)) - and feeling ok.  The fever worsened and they did a CAT* scan  and chest x-rays.  They determined it was related to the previously undetected collapsed lung.  So she has been battling that.

Then today (Saturday) she developed a serious urinal tract infection and her fever remains over 101.5F, despite Tylenol and antibiotics.  She was unable to urinate because her bladder is apparently numb, and she distended quite a bit.  That was not good either based on where most of the surgery took place.  So they quickly put another catheter in to drain her.  That is probably the source of the UTI.

Her right leg is numb as well, hurts when she walks around the hallway, and her coccyx hurts when she sits on the toilet.  When she was in college she fell down stairs and slipped a disk low down in her back.  This feels like that pain, she remembers well.  During surgery they do bend and shape the legs in different positions and perhaps it slipped again, they don't know at this point.  So that may be a long-term result of all of this.

So, instead of being released from the hospital Thursday or Friday at the latest, to recover further in the hotel, she is being kept in the hospital until at least Monday.  It appears we will not be returning Monday night, at this point.

Keep us in mind, thanks.

Jay

*  Personally I am a DOG guy, but if that's what they want to do I will go along with it...

I will keep you guys in my prayers and put in a prayer request for you guys tomorrow at church.

Jay

I also have Wanda in my prayers.

Recently are Priest spoke about the crosses we bare on Earth.  He could not explain why some people suffer so much and others dont.

He basically said that the crosses we face on Earth will prepare us for a eternal life with God.

I am sadden by the news but I am hopeful Wanda will recover.  :'(

I am also a Dog person.