Last Wednesday, exactly one year to the day of the last post, Cindy spoke to a thoracic surgeon about repairing her hiatal hernia. Her pulmonologist found that her right lung is working at 40% capacity, down from 50% capacity last year. Her stomach has been pushed up into her thoracic cavity by the hernia and continues to press against her heart and right lung. Cindy is having a harder time breathing due her the compression of her right lung.
The surgeon said that Cindy is in critical shape now. She is extremely high risk. He says he does around 5 high risk surgeries a year and his patients have all gone home within a week. Even the pulmonologist thinks it’s a good idea. So Rita gave the OK after she finished conferring with family and friends.
Cindy is in great spirits. She is confident that the surgery will be successful.
The surgery is scheduled for Monday, August 3rd, 2015 at 9:30 am Pacific.
Logically, I’m all for it. This is what Cindy wants. Her quality of life after the surgery will be the same or will improve. Without the surgery, she will get worse and be miserable.
Emotionally, I would like her to have the surgery on a Monday in 2025.