Hubby Had Emergency Surgery!

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Muse-Inc
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Re: Hubby Had Emergency Surgery!

Post by Muse-Inc » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:56 pm

Ahhh DoriC you must be so relieved! Congrats to both of you! And let's hear it for oxygen too!!!
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Re: Hubby Had Emergency Surgery!

Post by BlackSpinner » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:16 pm

DoriC wrote:. All the others took between 5-8months to close with complications of reinfection in some cases, and this one on cpap took only 7 WEEKS with no problems along the way!
Adequate oxygen helps a lot.

I had pneumonia in Feb 2007 and it took me until June to feel totally functional again. This Feb I had it again and I am now feeling back to my normal self and it is only mid April but this time I had my cpap which made the whole experience a lot easier.

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Re: Hubby Had Emergency Surgery!

Post by KatieW » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:50 am

Thanks for the update Dori. That is an amazing difference in healing speed. TLC, restorative sleep and oxygen, a winning combination!

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Re: Hubby Had Emergency Surgery!

Post by bailachel » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:26 pm

WOW Dori! That is amazing. I am so happy for the two of you.

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