At 01:14 PM 11/1/98 -0500, you wrote: >List--You may or may not recall that last week I asked about Demerol, >since my husband, Joe, was going to have surgery last Friday. He had >laparascopic surgery for a double hernia on Friday morning, and the >plan was for him to be discharged that same day. However, I was told >that the surgeon, in making the incisions, inadvertently nicked >Joe's bladder several times, causing profuse bleeding. So they >brought him back to the O.R. for a second procedure, also under >general anasthesia. (A urologist performed this operation.) Yesterday >(Saturday), he was too weak to sit, was still bleeding, and his pulse >was about 140. Last nite he received 2 pints of blood. This morning >(Sunday), I spoke with the urologist, who said that the bleeding from >his bladder had diminished significantly, but he did say that the >bladder may not have been the only organ cut into. I'm reeling and >I'm furious. 600,000 hernia operations are performed in the U.S. >annually, and we pick a butcher! Just wanted to vent, but also have >some questions: (1) Two general anasthesias in one day can't be good >for PD, can they? (2) I would like to sneak in some >powdered/granulated Vitamin C and stir it into his liquid diet to aid >in healing. Is Vitamin C a blood thinner? (not what is needed at this >time). > >Also, Joe's meds are 5 mg selegeline and 3 mg Mirapex, which he >hasn't taken since Friday. He does not seem any the worse for wear as >far as PD goes. > >Would appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance. > > >Ann Gibbons CG Joe 64/1.5 > ANN as said in a earlyer post about opp. and getting your meds is a fight. make sure they know you about PD they told me 7 t0 10 days i was in icu 51/2 months. it does make you wonder. 3 years my scars so deep you can hide your fingers in them am so saor now it all i can do is to sit down. it may be my fault. as i am raking leaves they are so deep we can not see owr lesbian beagle lo lo VIVIAN DOES not think that is funny she has been miss tread by a man that she is a fraid of men. just hang in there. i made it so your man will. I.Y.Q. DON & VIVIAN