ramanth
04-07-2005, 10:52 AM
Hey gang!
Thank you all for the support you gave us while Andy was ill and in the hospital.
He's visited the lung specialist at least once a month since he was released from the hospital. His most recent visit was yesterday.
First and foremost...
ANDY HAS GAINED WEIGHT!!
He's at about 140 lbs. right now. He's now shooting for 150. :D
For those that don't recall, Andy weighed 120 lbs. when he was admitted into the hospital.
He's so excited to have gained so much. :)
Sadly his asthma is back. He's on an inhaler but is only to use it when he feels stuffed up and such. So he pretty much has to take it everywhere with him.
The x-rays showed his lungs are healing well, but there is scar tissue on the left lung (the lung the didn't have surgery done on it) so that's baffeling.
He also can't take a full deep breath, but that may get better over time.
Now for the scary news.
He found out just how close he came to dieing when he had to have emergency surgery. We knew he had internal bleeding, but didn't know how extensive it was.
The lung specialist told Andy he had lost nearly a gallon of blood. A few minutes longer and he would of bled to death. :eek: :eek: :(
So happy that didn't happen. :)
Just thought you all might enjoy the update. :)
Thank you all for the support you gave us while Andy was ill and in the hospital.
He's visited the lung specialist at least once a month since he was released from the hospital. His most recent visit was yesterday.
First and foremost...
ANDY HAS GAINED WEIGHT!!
He's at about 140 lbs. right now. He's now shooting for 150. :D
For those that don't recall, Andy weighed 120 lbs. when he was admitted into the hospital.
He's so excited to have gained so much. :)
Sadly his asthma is back. He's on an inhaler but is only to use it when he feels stuffed up and such. So he pretty much has to take it everywhere with him.
The x-rays showed his lungs are healing well, but there is scar tissue on the left lung (the lung the didn't have surgery done on it) so that's baffeling.
He also can't take a full deep breath, but that may get better over time.
Now for the scary news.
He found out just how close he came to dieing when he had to have emergency surgery. We knew he had internal bleeding, but didn't know how extensive it was.
The lung specialist told Andy he had lost nearly a gallon of blood. A few minutes longer and he would of bled to death. :eek: :eek: :(
So happy that didn't happen. :)
Just thought you all might enjoy the update. :)