Bettyjo came through surgery well. The ENT did have one complication that was a surprise to him. When he opened her wound in her neck up, he ran into a pocket of puss that was logged in her spine. He said that he is very surprised that she did not have spinal meningitis. Instead of taking a mussel from her chest and running it to her neck, he used a mussel in her neck. The reason was that if the esophagus leaked he did not want the mussel in her neck to form a resting place for infection.
A part of me all along thought that if the wound in her neck would heal, she would have a full recovery (back to normal) but the ENT stated that he wants her to at least be able to drink water and swallow her spit. This has me very concerned. We understood that nuts, popcorn etc. would be off limits, but it never dawned on us that Bettyjo may have many more restrictions.
Please continue to pray for her healing, and for the girls and I as we continue down this very difficult path.
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Praise the Lord! We thank God that all went on with the surgery for bettjo, we will continue to pray that God will continue to work out those other details that only Him can do.
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