Out and about
20 June 2010
The sun is out and i*m out and about!
Mum, Genevieve and carer
@ West Bay with Mumy and carer
Having my piano lesson.
Lukes Operations
23 September 2009
Luke has had to have many different operations, scans and checks.
- aorta pexi - involves cracking open stenum for some general rumaging about with heart and airways
- laparotomy - involves an incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity
- CT Scan - a special kind of X-ray machine. Instead of sending out a single X-ray through the body
- bronchoscopy - a procedure which can help to diagnose some conditions of the airways (bronchi)
- thoracostomy - involves making an incision between the ribs (under the armpit)
- pneumonectomy - the surgical removal of a lung
- tracheostomy - a surgical procedures on the neck to open a direct airway via an incision in the trachea