She probably thought I can't handle the truth. Why else was I told by the PA that the transplant was "routine" when I now know it wasn't?
It seems like the operation was rather difficult and there was substantial bleeding which caused the low pressure and required a transfusion in the OR, another in Recovery and another here this morning. This explains why Yvonne was in surgery so long and recovery even longer.
We heard from a nurse who was in there watching the transplant that Yvonne's intestines were pulled out and were next to her on the table during the procedure. It seems that the prior transplants cause some tissue to fuse to another requiring a bit of cutting and I guess a lot of bleeding.
I couldn't help but think about times as a kid when I'd take apart a radio and then reassemble it only to have one piece left over that I had no clue where it belonged:). I joked about this when a nephrologist was here and he said that piece is usually the appendix.
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