Thank you very much for your kind and reassuring note! I will try to invest more of my energy into resting than worrying :)
Cheers,
Kate
--- leskayc@a... wrote: > Hello Kate, > I hope you are recovering well-sorry you had to go > through such an ordeal. > As a former nurse I can tell you that G.I. bleeding can > be a pretty scary > situation and I can sympathize with the docs and your > parents-they needed to > move quickly, and you HAD to be intubated for this > procedure. Don't worry. > I used to work a post-op surgery floor and just about > everyone has a sore > throat and is hoarse for a day or two after surgery. If > I were you, I would > rest my voice, drink as much water as I could, and REST > period. You have had > a very stressful event and any type physical stress will > show up in the > voice. If you are still sore and /or hoarse after a > week, you may want to > see an ENT doctor and let him look at your cords. I have > heard that the > cords can be damaged by intubation, but I think that is > pretty rare. If it > wasn't, then about 3/4 of the population would have > ruined voices from all > the various surgeries we have all had..............:-) > > Try not to worry too much. This will make it > worse-believe me, I am the > queen of worrying. > > Hope you are on the road to recovery, > Leslie (the mother of a 17 year old soprano named Kate) >
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