Showing posts with label Dr. Subash Gupta Apollo Hospital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Subash Gupta Apollo Hospital. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Out of Surgery back into ICU

Jennifer, I just saw your post and we apologize we didn't post again. The surgery was over about 1am our time and the Doctors said it went fine. They said they started a little late and wanted to make sure they took as many precautions during the surgery as they could- this is why it took longer than expected. I snuck into ICU with one of the doctors- of course with Dr. Sabash Gupta's permission. I spoke to dad for a few minutes and he was disappointed when I told him they are keeping him in ICU today to make sure everything went well with the surgery last night. He was talking and aware of things going on around him, but sleeping when I first walked into the room. I really pray they get him well soon. We have the duty Doctor's cell phone number and they said they will give it to dad from 7-7:30am and 4-4:30 so we can talk to him. The connection seems to be better on the cell phone. I hope this works.
Neysa and I went to the hospital this morning and I had another interview with an Indian news television station. It was a fun interview because it was interactive with Dr. Sabash Gupta. They didn't know exactly when it will air nor did they have a business card to give us about the station. Dr. Gupta said he would get me the information when it becomes available. The interview was made for the Apollo hospital to have the Indian people gain knowledge about living donor liver transplants. Before me they interviewed a Doctor from the hospital who had a liver transplant 5 months ago.

I have my internet working now, so what questions do you have?

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Doctor's Update

I'm feeling better every day because we are getting a little closer to Dr. Subash Gupta. We've met with him twice in 24 hours and he actually has a great personality and good sense of humor. He is extremely personable and I think it's fair to say dad and I feel more than comfortable being in his care. Last night (Sunday) he stopped by at 9:30pm. I'm sure he never sleeps! When he came in last night he says that dad's creatinine levels are going down. He started here at 3+ and now is at 2.4. Ideally he should be in the 1's for Dr. Gupta to be comfortable with operating. He said he can operate now that it has gone down, but he would feel better if it was in the 1 range. It looks like the infection is gone or almost gone. Dr. Gupta also told us today that my CT Scan looks good and I will make a good donor. He told us he's looking at doing the surgery on April 2nd. I will go in first to make sure my liver looks good and then dad will start surgery a few hours later. If there is any question about my liver they will do a biopsy and get results from the lab within 10 minutes. The surgery will start early around 7am. Dr. Gupta also invited us to go visit the ICU to see how patients are recovering after the same surgery and to get comfortable with his team. We will probably go there tomorrow.
Lastly, we will have to meet with the review committee this Thursday evening to make sure everything is in place. They want to make sure we're not trying to break any laws or make any money with what I'm doing. We have collected an array of paperwork before our trip to prove we are our mission is sincere. As long as dad is feeling well he will get to go to the board meeting as well as me and Neysa.