At noon today, Nate had his gall bladder removed. We were glad to see some familiar nurses in the OR area and joked that we just miss them too much and have to come back every few months to visit.
Unfortunately, Nate had a hernia repair about 11 months ago, and when the doctor attempted to remove the gall bladder laproscopically today there was too much scar tissue in the way, not to mention the large piece of repair mesh itself. So, he had to abort that plan and begin a new incision.
I believe that Nate's main incision is almost 9 inches long. We take our surgical scar competition seriously in this family and I intend to take a tape measure with me tomorrow and come back with an exact report. However, I'm quite certain that with this single surgery Nate has managed to completely outdo me.
Please pray for him, as this will no doubt be an extremely painful recovery and he will not be out of the hospital any time soon.
I'll try to keep you posted.
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