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Dr. Balsama out of Stratford NJ under the Kennedy Health System and UMDNJ thanks for the input. The surgeon is absolutely wonderful and this was his very first complication.

UPDATE: So guess whose home? ha ha yep my fiancée came home yesterday with the TPN and antibiotics. A nurse comes everyday and she showed me how to equip the vitamins with the TPN then in the morning attach her to the antibiotics. They say the leak has closed however still has a couple more follow up appointments. I couldn't be happier right now. she desperately struggles and wants to have something to drink cause she hasn't had anything in two weeks. She wanted me to ask whoever when is an appropriate time to start sipping fluids? shes been licking watermelon and has some bizarre craving for fruit. please shed some light on this and experiences. Thanks.

UPDATE: so they identified the bacteria that gave my fiance the abcess is called VRE and yesterday had a stent put and and they were able to repair the leak. Tomorrow they will do another cat scan to confirm. Today she has made a complete 180 and cannot wait to get the he'll home lol I am so happy she has had her life worth saving by god.

UPDATE: Today my fiancée had a visit from the physical therapist. She walked around the room a bit which made her tired. They also took her off the IV, Oxygen support, the catheter was removed as well as her central IV line. She talks almost ordinary because she is clearing from the anesthesia. She looks great and sounds wonderful. The only thing is that now she gets nauseous very easily and vomits a very clear mucus and dry heaves.(I apologize for being vulgar.) This makes her stomach sore. Her stomach is apparently completely dried out which is good because now the swelling with subside and they can locate the leak. At noon she went down and did a cat scan and she was able to drink the contrast. A couple hours later the surgeon came in and said the leak was still there and now they can move forward with the next procedure. They can try and clamp it which I hear is a very easy quick and painless process. She gets it done on Monday by a specialist from John Hopkins. Wish her luck and thanks again all i'll keep you posted.

I tried reaching out to forums as much as I could. I feel as though people she hear about these risks if their serious about getting it done. And for those of you who thinks my post was elicit your the type people no one wants to deal with. My fiance we be posting stuff if she wasn't in an ICU room with 10 incisions an ng tube through her nose and an immense amount of pain. However she is doing better and is walking around the room. Her infection is gone and this monday she getting it clamped. Thank you so much everyone for your wishes god has blessed us dearly. I hope her story is very informative and helps you make ur decision wisely.

Approximately 2 weeks ago my fiancée had her gastric sleeve operation. The surgeon said to me she has perfect anatomy and the surgery went very well. She got home about 3 days later and felt fantastic and started her home clear liquid diet. a couple days later she started experiencing chest pains, back pains and trouble breathing. after reading issues after the surgery we thought this was normal. She then started to develop a fever of 100 that didn't fluctuate. She became lethargic but this only happened at night. The following morning she felt great. The 3rd day I got home from work with her sitting on the couch. She had a fever of 101, red faced lethargic and was crying as she stated "why did I do this to myself?" I rushed her to the ER immediately. In the ER they wanted to her to drink an oral contrast for a cant scan to find the problem. After taking two small sips she experience pain equal to that of a heart attack and couldn't breath. Ive never seen her in so much pain in my life and was so upsetting to see her crying and screaming "why do I feel like this please help me" They gave her 9 shots of morphine and 4 shots of Di lotted. This did not immense the pain at all. They admitted her over night. The next morning that did a cat scan with the contrast given to her through an IV. a few hours later the surgeon game in and said she had a leak that caused an abscess below her esophagus and above her spleen the size of a soft ball. They scheduled another operation in the OR an hour later to try and seal the leak. After the operation the surgeon could not see the leak because it was so small. They gave her two drainage tubes on each side of her stomach and an NG tube out of her nose. They said they wanted to dry her stomach out so the the hole could clear on its own because of how small it was. she was held in the ICU to keep her under constant supervision. 3 days later she started to develop another fever of 102. The surgeon then ordered another emergency draining in radiology from the abscess above her spleen. this procedure was approximately 20 minutes. Immediately she lost all pain and felt great. She is now currently in ICU still and draining her stomach out. Doing a lot better but can eat or drink anything (she is so thirsty she says). Every time they move her she feels pain on her incisions ( 10 total). They have to move her so that the tubes can collect all the fluids in her stomach. What breaks my heart the most is that shes wanted this for so long and so bad and now says she regrets ever getting it done and has suffered greatly.