Sigh of Relief and then… (Scoliosis)

Hey Everyone,

This is Neil once again.  I apologize for not posting again until now and leaving everyone hanging.  So first things first, April is well.

April’s surgery took almost 2 hours and it was after midnight when the doctor came out and spoke with me.  She told me the surgery went great and she had no issues.  She also said that the surgery was most definitely warranted.  The average cecum is about 4cm in diameter, but April’s on the CT was measuring 9cm. The doctor said that her cecum was quite impressive and even bigger than what the CT showed and it definitely needed to come out because it was getting close to the point of either rupturing or becoming ischemic causing dead bowel.  The doctor said she ran her bowel and everything else looked healthy and normal, and that April had plenty of large bowel left so she should not have any issues going forward with nutrient absorption.