"My dad is recovering well now, and he often takes out his beloved erhu to play a song! ”
The Spring Festival is approaching, and Ms. Ying from Xianju Fuying Street is particularly happy this year. In 2023, her father, Uncle Ying (pseudonym), was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and almost couldn't have surgery because of many underlying diseases. However, the medical staff and the whole family insisted on not giving up, and finally Uncle Ying successfully underwent esophageal cancer surgery, and the operation was ideal.
Before being hospitalized**, my dad couldn't even swallow water, and he was seven or eight meters tall and only 49 kilograms. Ms. Ying said that half a year after the operation, her father is now able to eat a whole bowl of rice, and the results of the recent follow-up examination are normal. "What a surprise! ”
Surgery
In April 2023, Uncle Ying went to the hospital for symptoms such as dysphagia, nausea and vomiting, and was diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and was admitted to the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the East Campus of Taizhou Hospital in June this year.
In general, the most effective method for cancer is surgical removal. However, Uncle Ying's poor physical condition, many underlying diseases, and infection with new crown pneumonia during the auxiliary ** period, he was completely unable to operate. "It is easy to have surgical complications such as heart attack and stroke. Ge Hongfei, chief physician of cardiothoracic surgery, said.
As long as you put your mind to it, anything is possible. With his rich experience in new crown pneumonia, the cardiothoracic surgeon has formulated a positive plan for Uncle Ying, with multi-pronged methods such as drugs and tracheoscopic sputum suction. After more than a month of hard work, Uncle Ying's physical condition has improved, and the neoadjuvant ** (chemotherapy + immunity**) taken before the operation has shrunk the tumor to a certain extent, which has created conditions for the operation. On July 19, Uncle Ying successfully underwent "thoracic laparoscopy combined with esophageal cancer" in the East Campus of Taizhou Hospital.
Because esophageal tumors are large and invade surrounding tissues, the surgery itself is difficult. Ge Hongfei specially invited Wang Chunguo, deputy director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, to share the stage. "I did it for 6 hours and in the end everything went well. ”
*Family support is also important during this period. Ge Hongfei said that Uncle Ying's family took good care of him, and there were people around him almost 24 hours a day. What's more, they have a special trust in the doctor and don't give up any hope.
Nursing
It is said that "three points **, seven points of care", and special patients like Uncle Ying naturally have higher nursing requirements. Shi Huanhuan, the chief of cardiothoracic surgery, has organized teams to discuss nursing plans many times, and strives to reduce the mental pressure of patients and their families.
Tube bed** Chen Fang said that before Uncle Ying's operation, he had not been able to eat for four or five months, and he needed to rely on the nasogastric tube to deliver nutrition. The nasogastric tube passes through the throat, there is a certain discomfort, and Uncle Ying often coughs, which stimulates nausea, which is easy to cause the nasogastric tube to displace, and it is necessary to contact the endoscopy center in time to intubate again. "Because the esophageal tumor is large, the endoscope cannot be entered, and I have to find an experienced doctor for 'blind insertion'. Chen Fang recalled.
More than two weeks after the operation, Uncle Ying was transferred back to the cardiothoracic surgery ward from the intensive care unit. Due to the poor physical fitness of the elderly, their resistance decreases after surgery, and they are particularly prone to lung infections again, so it is very important to take good respiratory care.
Chen Fang introduced that at the beginning, Uncle Ying's airway humidification was ineffective, and he couldn't cough up or suck up phlegm, and his face was often flushed.
What to do? I think of the "fogging device" that I came into contact with when I was rotating in the intensive care unit, which is a device that atomizes sterilized water into ultra-fine particles, which can have a better humidification effect and thin the sputum. Chen Fang immediately consulted the literature, and asked the senior senior in the intensive care unit to demonstrate the operation, and soon used this "new style**" for Uncle Ying When sputum was suction that night, the sputum was sprayed out of the sputum suction tube, Uncle Ying felt a lot more relaxed, and his wife happily said "God" on the side.
Family
Malnutrition, pneumonia, emphysema, carotid artery stenosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, liver insufficiency, ......In Uncle Ying's medical certificate, more than 10 high-risk factors for these surgeries are listed.
But Uncle Ying's family never thought of giving up. My wife said that when I was young, the family relied on Uncle Ying, the main laborer. "I've worked hard for most of my life, and now I'm sick, and we have to take care of him. ”
The youngest daughter, Ms. Ying, said that the feelings of the older generation are deeply hidden, and she has not heard her parents say anything sweet for decades, "If it weren't for my father's illness this time, I wouldn't even feel their affection." She said that Uncle Ying suffers from mild Alzheimer's disease, has poor compliance with medical staff, and often loses his temper. One day, my mother was so angry that she went back to her hometown, but she couldn't let it go, "I ran back to the hospital that night to spend the night." ”
During Uncle Ying's hospitalization, the two daughters took turns to take care of each other, one day shift and one night shift. The eldest daughter even quit her job for this.
The love of his family is the full motivation for Uncle Ying on the road to fight cancer. The doctor told him to do more lung function training such as coughing and deep breathing after surgery, but Uncle Ying did not cooperate at first. "I thought of my father's love of singing before, so I sang "Great China" with him in the ward, which made him happy and exercised. ”
I really didn't expect my father to recover so well, and now when my mother cooks, he can still help with the firewood. Ms. Ying was sincerely happy about this, she said, she is very grateful to the doctor** for his dedication, and she is also grateful to her loving family.
*: Wangchao client.