Dad is back at Stanford Medical Center. He fought abdominal muscle spasms for several days which left him exhausted as he was unable to sleep and us at a loss as to what to do for him. After several phone consults, we returned to Palo Alto for a CT scan. It showed Dad's stomach packed with food and nearly 4 times it's normal size.
Dad was readmitted to the hospital yesterday at about 5 pm. He was fitted with a tube which went through the nose into the stomach. It has been about 22 hours and the staff is still slowly pumping out the contents of Dad's stomach. This is tricky business so soon after stomach surgery, but things are working as they should and Dad is resting much better.
Melody, Mom and I came home last night. We did not expect a readmission and were not prepared to stay for several days. The doctors initially said 4-5 days of treatment, but are waiting for an update now.We plan to go back down on Friday.
Please pray that Dad's stomach will begin to work as it should and that his strength will return.
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