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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