Thursday, December 06, 2007

Surgery

A couple of days ago, KC was scheduled to have a lapraroscopy to remove 2 cysts, a fibroid, and to determine whether or not she had endometriosis. She had been experiencing a lot of pain, and her doctor recommended this approach to alleviate the pain.

The procedure was scheduled to begin at 2:30 pm. Of course, it did not start until 4 pm. However, the procedure ended up taking 4 hours (we were only expecting it to last 2 hours or so). It was determined that KC had Level IV endometriosis (the most severe). Fortunately, the surgeon was able to excise the endometriosis - he believed that he had managed to excise all of it (along with removing the cysts and fibroid). In any case, due to the severity of her endometriosis (she had some on her liver), the procedure took a long time.

The surgery concluded at 8 pm. KC was admitted to a hospital room at 2:30 am after the nurses determined that she was way too dizzy, nauseous, and dehydrated to send her home. We finally left the hospital yesterday (at around 4 pm).

6 comments:

AO Forever or A Payne? said...

Get well soon!

Anonymous said...

KC! I am sorry to hear your update! Our prayers and all our postive energy are with you now! We hope you feel better quickly! Please take care and keep us updated. We love you!
SDL, JF

Anonymous said...

You're a true trooper! I'm glad to hear that you had good doctors! You hang in there and get well soon.
Love,
Linda

Anonymous said...

KERRY! Of course you are such a strong person you had a severe case of endometriosis & didn't even know it. My god, most of us would've been whining for months. Take care of yourself. Our thoughts are with you!!

Laurie

Anonymous said...

Owee, owee, owee. Way to be a trooper Kerry! I had no idea it was that bad. Speedy recovery and well wishes to you!

KC Star said...

Thank you guys.

It's been 2 weeks now. It still hurts and I still can't drive :( However, I'm very thankful that the doctor found it and took care of it.