Phil's going into surgery tomorrow, Friday, for what sounds like an awfully complicated condition. Here's what he says in his latest post about it.
The original plan was to have them ram a tunnel across my lower belly, thread an artificial artery through from one side to the other and splice the right side upper femoral artery to below the blockage they couldn’t get out on the left side and then ram another tunnel from the left side under the new splice down my thigh and reconnect to the Femoral artery just above the knee. The Untrasounds revealed a new narrowing in the artery just below the left knee so now plans have changed. I am going in this Friday at 7:00 for check in and they added another surgeon. They are going to do some Angioplasty on this newly discovered narrowing and put a stent in just below the knee so when they splice in from above there will be better blood flow down to my lower left leg which is the whole purpose of this surgery in the first place. They figure 6 hours even with 2 surgeons and probably 2 months to recuperate. Myself, I think it’s going to be longer because I m still not 100% healed up from the surgery last December.
There's more at the link, and in this earlier blog post. Read both for more information.
I'm sure I don't need to emphasize that this is serious stuff. Messing around with blood vessels can lead to nasty complications (ask me how I know this!), and it sounds as if Phil is going to have a hard time with rehab after the cutting's done. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. He's good people.
Peter
5 comments:
The rate of complications and risk of morbidity is high for the procedures he is having. But the alternative is losing a leg, or more. A tough choice.
Prayers for Phil, and for successful surgery and recovery. I have followed him for years.
My wife passed away last month from complications of a similar problem.
I hope he recovers well.
John in Indy
Thank you very much for posting this and thank you very much for the well wishes. As of next month it will be 2 years that I have been getting the run around from the medical system to get to this point and last year alone I spent almost ten thousand dollars on medical bills. I have no idea how much this is going to cost in total but my deductible is just under nine thousand dollars to meet my deductible. At this point the only way forward is through and I am putting my trust in God
Thanks again Peter, I am grateful for all the support.
Phil @Bustednuckles.com.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
We all hope for a great outcome!
Kneemail inbound to the One who is in charge. God bless you and the ones taking care of you!
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