Will be praying, Bernie, for her and for you -- I know it is harder to have your children go through these things than to go through them ourselves. Keep us posted. Barbara H. _http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) In a message dated 5/1/2007 5:30:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
