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Esophagectomy: What is life like Afterwards?
Esophageal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 27 3:19pm | Replies (132)Comment receiving replies
@ajax2026 Hi Christina, I didn’t get a collapsed lung which is a serious complication but its a good thing they are taking care of that for your brother. If he doesn’t feel right about leaving the hospital you and the rest of the family can try to advocate for him and ask they keep him there a bit longer to make sure he is ok. He is very delicate now to go home and go thru another emergency. I was lucky to have a top surgeon at a pretty good hospital so every emergency I had was handled promptly. Don’t let hospital decide for your brother if you guys dont fewl comfortable with decisions on his care. Sometimes we need to advocate for ourselves.
I am not sure how large was my leak but it looked like a sprinkler in the xrays.
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@manuelo hello, your sprinkler was able to heal itself?? For others reading this I dont want to create uneeded anxiety- in my brothers situation there was a delay getting him to the hospital. If he'd gone as soon as the pain spiked, I think he could have been spared the collapsed lung. the infection would have been treated earlier. i'm not sure if there was anyway to avoid the leak needing to be fixed by surgery. Even if your pain Rx is working call the doctor to and tell him it changed... if it hadnt been a late friday when his bandages were changed- told was told all was well... etc etc... sunday morning he couldnt breathe. I just got an update while I was writing this. His o2 is at 100% and white blood cells are good. 🙂 they're doing chest xrays everyday, they're still concerned about shortness of breathe, the antibiotics were changed... god willing he's improving a bit everyday 🙏 he's in a top hospital, top doctor.