Dad update:
Dad had surgery today to try to fix the damaged vocal chord and whatever else is causing him to choke so frequently. He made it through surgery just fine and here's mom's update:


Jim had his surgery today and the Dr thought he should spend the night but Jim wanted to come home and I
think he'll feel better if I'm around. The nurse gave him some juice to see how his swallow was and he
choked up and the juice went flying.........so guess things aren't quite fixed yet, but at least we hope
for a good recovery. He didn't panic so that was a very good thing. The cut is right in the front of his
neck and is probably about two inches long, but it looks great........he has a neck collar on and a
little drain which will come out tomorrow when we got up to see the Doctor.........Dr Edmond is a great guy
and Jim seems to like him so that is half the battle. Anyway, we hope this will help him with his talking
and swallowing and we'll have good things to report........hope, hope, hope!!!!!

Comments

Troy and Beth said…
Keep us posted...we're keeping our fingers crossed that things work out.
11:20 PM
Anonymous said…
Will call later to check on you guys. Hope things are better. Take care all of you.
2:12 PM
Anonymous said…
Sorry, this is your aunt Karen in Scottsbluff.
2:13 PM
Traci K said…
Hope your Dad's doing better Janell! Give us an update!
7:10 AM
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