I have been asked by several through email to update on Uncle Jessie. Some of you I have emailed individually, so you already know, but for those of you who don't and want to know, Uncle Jessie had surgery for an aortic dissection yesterday morning between 4 and 5 AM according to his oldest son. One of my SIL's told me he also has fluid in his lungs and some kind of inflammation in his stomach. Uncle Jessie came through the surgery well and his prognosis is good, although with this serious of a surgery, I know he is not out of the woods yet, so please keep praying.
His doctor said if they had not found that when they did, Uncle Jessie would probably at the most have made it about another month. We praise God they found it when they did and he got help pretty quickly.
If I remember correctly, the aorta is the main artery going into the heart. He had a tear and it was causing him to bleed internally. He had been so weak because his heart was not pumping all of his blood through his system. They had to start at the base of the aorta down in his stomach if I understood correctly and replace quite a bit of it.
I thank God for watching over Uncle Jessie and putting him in the hands of the right doctors. We already lost Uncle Robert to cancer, last March, I believe it was, and then my beloved FIL in October. This would be too much. Uncle Robert and Uncle Jessie were/are brothers of my MILs. She still is not over Dad's death and now she has been quite concerned about Uncle Jessie.
She, on the other hand, has been doing much better since we got past the stress of the funeral. Please continue to pray for her as well.
My Mom is still going through therapy for her last surgery on her rotator cuff. I would ask that you continue to remember her too.
I got most of my Christmas decorations out and hope to get some pics to post soon. I think the tree turned out rather nicely. Hope you do too.
Must run, it is 8:00 PM, I just finished work and still have to do supper.
Blessings!~
Susan
P.S. Please keep our troops in your prayers and good thoughts!~
3 comments:
well that is good comingout of surgery withthatgood a prognosis
I wanna put up my Christmas stuff so bad! aurgh........
Happy to hear Uncle Jesse is doing better...
~Amy
So glad to hear Uncle Jessie made it through his surgery! Perhaps ya'll can settle into a merry time of Christmas. - Barbara
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