Guest guest Posted June 1, 1999 Report Share Posted June 1, 1999 Dear I just had to respond to your message about Letitia's condition. Please know that we are thinking of her, and you too. I know chest tubes hurt. My husband, who does NOT have cf had 4 last fall and ended up with surgery too after a thrilling bout of viral pneumonia. But enough. Be strong, although it is hard, and let us know how she does. (mother of , 10 wcf, and , 2 nocf) arske@... wrote: > > From: LTarske@... > > Hi everyone, > > Well last night at 1130pm they finally got the chest tube put in my honey. > She has never hurt this bad and I was in tears while holding her hand. > > The dr gave her 2 doses of verset, 6 shots in her chest to numb her and 2 > shots of morphine. And after all of that she still felt everything. It was > awful. The dr only cut her a half if a inch and tried to thread a small tube > in her 6 times, it wouldnt thread so he had to cut her another half inch and > put in a larger tube. > > She is not one bit better and the morphine is not taking the pain away, but > the dr cannot up her does b/c it slows her breathing down to much. Her chest > is swollen and she can barely move she is hurting so bad. > > She had to have another bronch b/c the dr could tell there was something > wrong so he had to look. > We got a really bad report, her right upper lobe (the absessed one, that has > maybe 10% air flow through it) has another part of it thhat has collased and > abssesed with the rest of it, it also has puss poring out of it. > > Her left lingular(middle) lobe has puss pouring out of it now to. We asked > the dr how bad it had gotten since her last lobe which was in March, he said > it was 30% worse than 2 months ago, so basically it has gotten really really > worse. > This morning the dr came in and he said she is not better at all and where > the hole is in the right upper lobe is all rotted and he doesnt think it is > going to heal, the reason it collasped is b/c it has gotten so much worse in > 2 months that the tissue was rotted and it couldnt hold up to the bronch (so > it wasnt his fault) so it blew the lung. So since the tissue is rotted and > absessed and if she isnt any better tommorow he is calling in a surgeon to > take out the right upper lobe immediatly, he said either the end of the week > or the beggining of next week. We will not have a choice and the risks are so > high that she could die but if the lung will not heal we will have to take it. > > So lets pray she is a little better tommorw, she cant stand the thought of > having to go through this, and taking the risk that i will lose her. > > We saw her xray and the lung was just hanging there and it was pushed up > against her ribs from the trapped air. It was bad...real bad > Soo please remmeber her for me > God bless all of you, > Letitia's husband > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > With more than 17 million e-mails exchanged daily... > http://www.onelist.com > ...ONElist is THE place where the world talks! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The opinions and information exchanged on this list should in no way be construed as medical advise. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR TREATMENTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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