Appendectomy
Can anyone tell me what to expect when my granddaughter has her appendix out? It has ruptured once and formed an abcess the size of a grapefruit. The infection was so bad that they poured the antibiotics in her and drained the abcess. She still has the drain tube. One doc said the rupture in the appendix will heal over and be okay. Three other docs say the appendix needs to come out as soon as the drain tube is finished and the anitbiotics are finished. She is just turning 20 in a few days.
She is pretty tough but she is under the opinion that it will be a day surgery (in and out in two hours), and she will be just fine by that night and back to college classes in a couple of days. I personally think there will be a little more to it than that.
Any input on this? I would be really interested to hear. I know that laproscopely is so much easier than the old way with the big incision.
Anxious for some of you to shed some light on this for me. I am just the old (60ish) granny that does not understand modern times of surgery....so I don't argue. I just try to prepare her to not do it right close to college finals in case it is more than an 'over it all in two days'.