SHARMEL UPDATE!! Take the good with the bad!
Shar came off the ventilator this morning. She is extremely weak but surviving. The surgeons have developed a plan in attempts to ease her pain and speed her recovery. Every 4-5 days, they want to take back into the O.R. to flush her abdomen out and take a visual look at how things are healing. Each time they plan on removing a small portion of the mesh and closing her up a little at a time. So instead of one major procedure toward the end, it will be done by smaller procedures on a gradual basis. I only pray that she never has to come back out of the OR with the breathing tube. They are saying it is a good chance that she will not have to. They are doing the first of these procedures tomorrow morning. We are taking the good with the bad. We have conquered (for now) one major battle with getting the breathing tube removed, but we look toward more procedures that each carry serious risks, both physically and emotionally. Keep her in your prayers and I will post as things happen.
Thanks!
Eric
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