quote:Originally posted by trudiewannabe:
Hello...I don't know much of what is going on with him...what type of surgery is he having and what is it for? ?
[This message has been edited by trudiewannabe (edited February 23, 2004).]
It's a repair job. When he was first taken ill with a ruptured aneuysm between his pancreas and liver in September 2002 they had to get into his abdominal cavity in a hurry to save his life and in the process damaged the muscles that give support to the diaphragm (so important for singing.) So last week they took long muscles from his thigh to rebuild them. Since it's his own tissue there should be little or no problem with rejection. He'll need time to heal both leg and abdominal incisions, and postop physical therapy to strengthen the areas but - hopefully - he (and we) should know in a couple of months if it was enough to power his singing.