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Lynn's operation is over - both bypasses are in place, and she is in recovery. Things didn't wrap up as early as we thought because the surgeon ran into a couple of issues. First off, there was a problem with a vein that ran across her breast bone. It interfered with their being able to spread open the rib cage. When they closed it off, they realized that the IV was connected to that vessel. So, they had to move the IV to another location, in her upper leg. There was lots of bleeding associated with the vein also, so that had to get cleared up. Next, the surgeon found that the artery he wanted to use, inside the chest was no good. There was all kinds of scarring inside her chest from the radiation 20 years ago, and it heavily damaged the blood vessel. There was no appreciable flow through the proposed donor artery. So, they had to use a couple of veins from down in her leg. The good news is that the veins were in great shape, so that means that the grafts should also work well. THe problem is, veins never work as well as arteries. But, Dr. Blossom said that, with all the anti cholestrol medicines and the use of aspirin, it may last a lot longer than the 10-15 year period that used to be standard.
WE'll get to see her in a few minutes, hopefully, and I'll update it more after that.
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Jim, thank you so much for keeping us all in the loop (and the humor doesnt hurt either). And even more importantly, thank you God for seeing Lynn through this very difficult surgery.
ReplyDeleteWe love you Lynn!
Thanks, Jim. We are glad she's out of surgery and onto the recovery phase! We've been praying for you guys and will continue to! Marian
ReplyDeleteand thanks for calling mom. She e-mailed me but I've had this on the computer at work all day.
ReplyDeleteMary