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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