Hello friends and family,
Well, today is the big day. Laurie goes under the scalpel for the
removal of her thyroid. This sounds like a very moderate surgery, and
not risky at all. A normal thyroid is about the size of a small
butterfly and is located in the front of the neck, below the larynx
(voice box). The small, two-inch gland consists of two lobes, one on
each side of the windpipe. But in her case, her thyroid is so big (the
size of a tennis ball or baseball) that they are afraid the when they
try to remove it, it will cause a thyroid storm of such magnitude that
they will not be able to control her heart-rate, breathing, and blood
pressure.. This is why they waited in the first palce.... "hoping"
againsy hope that they could shrink it. This last doctor who looked at
it said they were nuts to even try to shrink it, it was an
impossibility. Since that first diagnosis, it has grown another 15% in
size, making it even more dangerous to remove than if they had done it
in the first place. And the only reason in my opinion it was not done
immediately was that she had no insurance or money. This last doctor
didn't care that she had no insurance or money, he called her doctors
and told them that "he was not sending her home to die", and if he had
to he would find new doctors to treat her _*/now/*_, and they could deal
with the aftermath of possibly being sued..... _/*big*/_ cudo's for this
real doctor who sees the patient and not f*cking dollar signs. Anyhow, I
need all of your prayers today, she is going into surgery at 12:00
noon...... Thank you all.
Blessings and Peace,
Bernie
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