Ramona reminded me that I should post here about Luke’s surgery. He went in yesterday at 9, surgery scheduled at 11. Fortunately, when the prepped him for surgery, they had us wait in a little space that included a small but adequate recliner because we were there till about 12:30 – almost 3 hours just waiting. They then moved us to the pre-surgery area and took him in at about 1.
He got out of surgery at about 3 and his doctor came to tell me all was well. That’s when I went out and called Ramona who called Chris. There was no cell phone reception in the hospital and just outside, though there was a signal, it wasn’t strong. Didn’t know for sure if i could make a second call.
I went back in and they called me to recovery at about 4. Then at about 5 they moved him to a room. The doctor said that his repair was small and no organs were affected so he could go home that night if he wanted. They were able to drug him with pills enough to control the pain so he decided to come on home. Of course, before we left he had to prove that he was capable of a certain bodily function which involved drinking lots of water and he was completely empty after surgery so that took a while. We got home a little after 11 – long day.
He is moving around now, getting a bowl of cereal for breakfast. He feels much better than he did yesterday evening. He is supposed to stay home for 10 days. I have a feeling that is going to be hard. He is not supposed to lift more than 10 pounds. Luke being home and not lifting more than 10 pounds? Hm.
I doubt if he is going to do enough to tear this surgery, though. From the way they described it, it sounds pretty secure. They cut till they found the tear, and then went a little deeper and spread a mesh patch under and beyond the tear area. They stitched that in place and then stitched every layer above it back together. The mesh doesn’t dissolve away; the tissue around it grows into it, and the doctor said that he will never have a hernia in that place again. The mesh makes a very strong patch.
And that is the story up till now…..
Glad to hear it went well. I had a friend that had hernia surgery in high school – he was up and back in action pretty fast, though he was more careful about picking anything up for a while.