At Sun, 3 Nov 2002, mrsskippy wrote:
>
>Two years ago, my then 16 year old daughter underwent a laproscoptic
>surgery for abdominal pain only to discover that her appendix had
>spontaneously adhered to her stomach wall. The appendix was removed and
>we thought that was the end of her problems.
>
>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
>