Surgery didn't go well

Nov 23, 2009

Rex went in for surgery at 9am on 11/13 for the removal of the big ulcer in his stomach.  They didn't have a problem cutting the ulcer out, so the surgery took around 2 hours.  Well, after recovery and about 5 hours later, I noticed that his drain bag was full, so I asked the nurse to empty it.  Then, after 5 minutes it was full again...and so on and so forth for 3 hours.  They called the doctor on call and took bloodwork.  Well, to make a long story short, by the time they did emergency surgery at 11pm, his blood pressure was down to 77 over 44, his heart rate was 143 and he had lost 7 units of blood.  During surgery, which lasted for 3 hours, they gave him 4 units of blood and he woke up on a ventilator in the ICU.  I've never been soo worried.  Apparently when they removed the ulcer through a hole in his belly button, they hit a blood vessel.  SERIOUSLY.  This has been a complete nightmare.  Still praying. 

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