No, this is not a foreign language. For those not in the medical field a laparoscopic nissen fundoplication is a procedure done when you have acid reflux.
Sean has been dealing with this for as long as we have been together and well before that. He had an endoscopy at the end of January. The WONDERFUL Dr. Waldon, said that surgery was more than likely in Sean's future, but that he wanted him to try some medications that Sean had not been on before. (hard to believe that there were any out there) When Sean had his follow up, Dr. Waldon referred us to someone he consideres one of the best GI doctors here in town, Dr. Tripses.
I have taken care of some of Dr. Tripses patients in the hospital and knew that he was, indeed, one of the best. Sean had his consult on Thursday and they had him in to do the surgery today.
So, tonight, Sean is where I usually am on Monday nights and I am where he is. The plan is for him to come home tomorrow, but they can keep him for 72 hours if they need to. It will depend on how Dr. Tripses feels he is in the morning. Tonight he was saying he is pretty sore and he will be for a while. He has five small bandages where they did the surgery.
It's ice chips for now and he will advance to more solid foods as he can. He had steak "for the last time" on Saturday night.
