I had an emergency tracheostomy. Rather unpleasant.

[Wyatt Burp]

I’ll skip boring details, but went to the OR for a rather routine 1 1/2 hour operation only to wake up 4 hours later with a tube in my windpipe and a bunch of frantic doctors around me along with my wife and daughter. Seems they had an oxygen crisis and another doc rushed in to do an emergency, then regular tracheostomy. Otherwise I was fine. Spent all last week in ICU. First day was horrible getting used to it and (gross alert!) hacking out of that tube. Got so I could hit the toilet three feet away using Kentucky windage.
Not to trivialize a potential deadly situation, I just focused forward and this past week at home the hole has already closed up with no air escaping. Long winded (get it?) post, but I got pretty used to writing a lot not speaking for a few days. As soon as the trach was removed I ate a giant lunch and could eat & drink anything like normal. I only took three Ibuprofens since all this and won’t touch that Norco stuff. Amazing that something so scary looking was so painless.

 

[SC_Mike]

Sorry to hear of your troubles brother and glad you are on the mend.

Prayers for you, your family and the hospital staff...

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Prayers for a quick and uneventful, complete recovery.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[bigwheelzip]

Must have been from all that Wyatt Burping.

Glad your mending well.

 

[Eddietruett]

I’m glad you are recovering well. Not to make light of your post, but the statement about Kentucky windage caught me off guard and I laughed til I had tears. Get well soon!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Matt, I am glad all ended well and I pray you mend quickly.

 

[jbtrucker]

Hope and pray you continue to heal and feel better. I've had a tube through my nose down in my belly , catheter and I.V's. I took all the Morphine and Norco allowed, very grateful for the Doc's and Nurses that took care of me.

 

[pittpa]

THEY had an oxygen crisis???


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[Onomea]

Sounds like quite an ordeal, both for you and for your family. Glad you are on the mend.

 

[hittman77]

Yikes!

Sorry to hear of the problems. Thank God you're healing. Welcome back.

Sounds pretty unpleasant all things considered.

 

[robvious]

happy trails on the road to recovery... prayer sent...

 

[FifthWheel]

Happy to hear you're recovering!

 

[Sevens]

Wow, what a pain in the neck!!!

following the humor in your post

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Must have been from all that Wyatt Burping.

Glad your mending well.

And hanging out with my pal Wild Bill Hiccup! BTW, all my Kaiser nurses and various respiratory/speech specialists were fantastic. Really great people and cute, too. But it’s hard to be charming and witty in a nightgown coughing up lungers out of my neck. My surgeon was noticably upset afterwards. He once had me do an MRI and found an unrelated tumor in my saliva gland and removed it. Turned out benign. This one really scared him. Goes to show that even minor (in this case lipoma removal) can turn very serious for other reasons.

 

[paulh]

You say routine & minor, inquiring minds want to know what the hell happened?

 

[oink]

I'm glad you're doing well. I had to look up lipoma removal.

 

[ameridaddy]

... hacking out of that tube. Got so I could hit the toilet three feet away using Kentucky windage.
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So ya tried a rifle, dint like it, went back to shotgun, eh?

Glad you kept a sense of humor and are on the mend. Difficulty breathing is a really scary event.

 

[wingriderz]

WOW ! Never fun with a airway tube. Been there done that ugg. Get well soon

 

[16thVACav]

Good to hear you're doing better.

 

[sophie]

Glad you pulled thru okay. Stay safe.