My Uncle Again

Hi guys,

For anyone that has been following this soap opera, my Uncle came out of the surgery at 5pm...so it ran from 7:30am to 5pm.  Can you imagine how tired the surgeon and staff must have been?  The first surgery my Uncle had, when he was brought into the city because of that incompetent small-hospital surgeon, was begun around 8pm and lasted into the wee hours of the morning.  She caused "severe injuries", we were told.  Well, trying to murder the poor man would be considered "severe", I would think.  *smile*

Anyways, he made it through and is now in ICU.  It just is up to him to survive.  Whether he has the strength left or not is yet to be seen, and as most people know, patients don't usually die in the Operating Room but during recovery.  His poor body has been through so much, and he even went into a deep depression while waiting to build up his strength for this second surgery (they gave him anti-depressants for that).  He still wasn't strong enough, but he hasn't been able to keep any food down for the past 4 days, didn't have the strength to walk anymore, and his legs and toes were beginning to have spasms and twitching.  They couldn't wait any longer.  But he made it through, the tough old man!  I just hope he recovers because the staff has been making us quite aware that the body can only take so much.  And he was weak to begin with, going into this second major surgery.  Apparently they stated that it was more complicated than they had anticipated.  Well, if you have bile leaking out into your body.....since the first repair surgery wasn't a COMPLETE success but they were just trying to give him time to gain his strength.....I can't imagine how many organs and body structures that bile could have damaged.  He was just slowly dying again, poor man.

Prayers would be appreciated.  He has quite a battle in front of him, and he may just want to go Home and be done with this world by now.  Who could blame him?  Remind me never to get gall stones...or ANY stones for that matter!   Actually, no surgeries would be a good idea all around!!!!  Lol.

Thanks for reading our little soap opera, and I'll let you know how it goes.  Thanks.