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Category: Anthony
Anthony Bissell
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Rich was “on duty” with Anthony this morning, while I was getting some stuff done around the house. I sent him a text message asking if he was at the hospital. Ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer: Anthony is doing well today. He hasn’t had any pain meds since 7am and…
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Anthony is scheduled to go to the OR at 10:30 this morning to have a surgical J-tube inserted. They plan to do an “open” procedure as opposed to laparoscopic procedure (minimally invasive surgery). I think this is a good idea considering Anthony’s history. With an open procedure the surgeon will be able to get a…
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It seems that Anthony is unable to tolerate anything in his stomach without reflux causing stomach contents up to the back of his throat. Anthony has a very strong cough, which is good for clearing his lungs, however when he coughs, this also pushes his stomach contents up to his airway, which causes more coughing…
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Brief recap On December 7th Anthony had emergency surgery for a jejunal volvulus and had 135cm of his small intestine removed. Details here He spent 11 days in the hospital and came home with a g-tube and a PICC line. Because of the surgery, they had to discontinue his GJ-tube and place a G-tube. Prior…
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Anthony came home Friday afternoon after an 11 day hospitalization. We’ve been busy the past couple of days trying to catch up on life and get use to Anthony’s care. He came home with a g-tube and a PICC line. He is getting about 80% of his nourishment via TPN and about 20% via his…