Re: adhesions and bloating..emergency surgery/adhesions after 1 week???

From: Colette (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Sat Jun 23 18:55:23 2001


Hi Jane, First of all i hope your brother has a speedy recovery and God Bless! Hang in there! Yes adhesions start the min your opened up,and they continue to grow for weeks! I'm not an expert or a doc. But i'm sure someone else can be more help than me. Love colette

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>My brother had a small intestinal blockage last week and had surgery. He
>did not get better, but his belly commenced to bloat. He started
>running a very high fever and continued to bloat. He was in extreme
>pain and started hallucinating. They did surgery again this morning and
>the doctor said it was adhesions. I never knew adhesions could grow so
>quickly. He had his first surgery Saturday, June 16th and his adhesion
>surgery today, June 23rd. Can this be? I saw your subject of bloating
>and it peaked my interest because his belly bloated so much he couldn't
>breathe.
>
>Anybody you can help, please respond. Thank you.
>Jane


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