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
