Pray Please.....

Holly
She is my thoughts and prayers.
I had been home 6 days when i threw a clot and before surgery they had put a vena filter in and it saved my life,but i still spent 6 days in icu.
Please keep us informed of her condition..

I will keep this family in my prayers.  Its so hard to hear knowing it could have been any one of us. 

Jeannie

Holly,

This brought back so many memories for me. I know her family has to be so shaken up right now. I know they are also probably questioning the wisdom of her having the surgery. Any surgery could have brought this on ( gall bladder, knee replacement...plastics), it just so happen to be WLS for her. I am sure she would rather it happen because she had a procedure to try to improve her life as to one to just slap a bandaide on one of obesity's many side effects. I know that isn't much consolation for her family right now...but after having gone through the coma and blood clot deal (not to mention the blood loss, etc), that is how I saw my experience anyway.

I have heard it said so many times that WLS is 'taking the easy way out'. Yeah, right. For those of us who have experienced stuff like this, there is nothing 'easy' about it! But...I wouldn't change a thing. I so hope and pray that Deb lives to be able to say the same thing. Please tell her family that we are all praying for her. Do you know who her surgeon is?

Sherri 

ps..this is a good reminder to pre-ops of why the lovenox injections are so important, as well as walking as soon as you can post-op. Sometimes, even those can't prevent this from happening. Sometimes, it just happens. I know I walked, walked, walked after my plastics and yet it still happened.

Holly, I am praying for her & her family. As Sherri said- these things can happen to any of us! I pray the Drs. will figure out what to do for her,angels surround her, & the healing grace of God be upon her.
Love,

Praying for her family..

I am so sorry to hear this.  I pray all turns out well for her and her family.

It's really scary to think of all the possible complications.  However, I'm going ahead with my plans for RNY.

Please keep us posted about her condition.

So sorry to hear about this.  I guess you just never know!  Debbie and family are being lifted up in prayer!  Thanks for posting, Holly.  Please update when you can/know anything. 

Holly, thanks so much for letting us know about Debbie.  Please let her family know that we are praying for her.  I know this is a very praying group.  I had my surgery Dec. 20, 2006 and 5 days after I came home I had 5 blood clots in my lungs and went back to St. V's again.  Many of you prayed for me then.  Any surgery is risky as so many people have said previously.  May Debbie and her family feel our prayers.  Karen

Have you heard anything on Debbie Hall?  Is she recovering?

Jenny,

I spoke with a close friend of the family last night.  She has started to have seizures, is running a high fever, is septic, and having multiple system failure.  They are doing an ECG today to check for brain activity....then go from there......

Love,Holly