Janet, first let me say I am posting in the General forum because I want to make sure you read this!!! I got the goose bumps and butterflies in my stomach when I read your ortho post in the watercooler forum. PLEASE DO NOT HAVE YOUR KNEES DONE!!!
15 days ago my aunt, my mother's 57 year old sister went in to have both of her knees done, routine surgery right? You would think!!! She was awake the whole time, in sort of a twilight sleep, with an epidural. The operation went fine, she was joking with her doctor afterwards and then all of a sudden she told the dr. that she couldn't breath, the next thing you know she fell unconscience, 15 days later she is in a coma and has been since that moment. The doctor's are saying she had something call a Fat Embolism, particles of fat that broke off from the bone and lodged in her lungs (hence - she couldn't breath) and in her brain. They said it is not that common but when we researched it, it is #14 on the risk list. This was never mentioned to her or any member of the family. She now lays in a coma with a tracheodomy (can't spell that) and a G-Tube for feeding, they say she has severe brain damage and are not sure if she will wake up or how nuerologically defunct she will be when she does. My entire family is in complete shock and devestated by this, her daughter's can barely function daily. We are keeping right by her side everyday and praying for her recovery, however it is highly unlikely. SO PLEASE IT IS NOT WORTH IT, DO NOT HAVE THAT SURGERY. I'm sure if my aunt could talk right now, she would say that given it to do over, she would have never had that surgery no matter how much pain her knee's caused her.
I hope you don't think this was out of line, I would just hate to see this happen to anyone else. Maybe it was fate that I happened to read that post, maybe it was my aunt in some mysterious cosmic way that forced me to read it and warn you.
Please think about it, at the very least ask your doctor about the Fat Embolism. Whatever you decide, you are in my prayer's :smile:
15 days ago my aunt, my mother's 57 year old sister went in to have both of her knees done, routine surgery right? You would think!!! She was awake the whole time, in sort of a twilight sleep, with an epidural. The operation went fine, she was joking with her doctor afterwards and then all of a sudden she told the dr. that she couldn't breath, the next thing you know she fell unconscience, 15 days later she is in a coma and has been since that moment. The doctor's are saying she had something call a Fat Embolism, particles of fat that broke off from the bone and lodged in her lungs (hence - she couldn't breath) and in her brain. They said it is not that common but when we researched it, it is #14 on the risk list. This was never mentioned to her or any member of the family. She now lays in a coma with a tracheodomy (can't spell that) and a G-Tube for feeding, they say she has severe brain damage and are not sure if she will wake up or how nuerologically defunct she will be when she does. My entire family is in complete shock and devestated by this, her daughter's can barely function daily. We are keeping right by her side everyday and praying for her recovery, however it is highly unlikely. SO PLEASE IT IS NOT WORTH IT, DO NOT HAVE THAT SURGERY. I'm sure if my aunt could talk right now, she would say that given it to do over, she would have never had that surgery no matter how much pain her knee's caused her.
I hope you don't think this was out of line, I would just hate to see this happen to anyone else. Maybe it was fate that I happened to read that post, maybe it was my aunt in some mysterious cosmic way that forced me to read it and warn you.
Please think about it, at the very least ask your doctor about the Fat Embolism. Whatever you decide, you are in my prayer's :smile: