Tanya's Lung Transplant 18: 9/23/09

Tanya's nissen fundoplication surgery was yesterday. They said she did very well, they only made one incision in the navel and made a good wrap around the esophagus. They also fixed her hiatal hernia and took out the bravo ph microchip that was still in her throat. The pain is excruciating. Her nurse thought she was supposed to be getting her pca dose of dilaudid every 6 hours, but it was supposed to be every 6 minutes, so she got very little of the pain medicine she was supposed to get. She's now on a clear liquid diet for a couple weeks, still being tube fed and it hurts to swallow. Apparently it takes time for the wrap to loosen up enough to be able to swallow solid food. She has been belching and regurgitating her pills, which we thought would be impossible after this procedure, but the doctor says it's okay, so I guess it's okay. We should be going home in a few days.

After the surgery

"Take one without the stupid pink pillow" she said

Small incision in the navel. You can see her tube feeding button right above the gauze