Last week she again developed sever abdominal pain, and this time was diagnosed with adhesions. Her OBGYN doctor scheduled surgery to "cut" the adhesions and give her pain relief. But during the laproscoptic procedure, the doctor punctured my daughter's femoral artery, and she started to "bleed out". Since it was then a life or death situation, they made an emergency incision from my daughter's breast to her pubic area to quick locate the puncture, and a verasic surgeon was called in to repair it. She wound up in intensive care from what we thought was going to be a 1 hour, outpatient procedure.
The good news is, she made it through just fine so far, with no apparent damage from the femoral puncture. They assured us that the repair is permanent, and her pulses and blood flow seem to be perfect into her right leg and foot. The bad news, and my question, is:
If she was already developing problematic, painful adhesions spontaneously and from just a small laproscoptic procedure two years ago....what in the world will happen now from the scar tissue that will develope from the healing of this 13 inch long incision that they had to make in the emergency?
Please help me with any advise or information you may have. This is a beautiful, vivatious young girl who just started pre-med at college this year, and now her entire first semester is in jeopardy because of the long recovery period now necessary from the extensive surgery. But her health of course is the main thing, and I am desparate to be able to give her hope and encouragement for her medical and emotional future.
-- Thank you, Mrsskippy