Scheduled Surgery Versus Emergency Surgery

Want to hear about a scheduled lobectomy?  It's quite different than the story we told last week about Andrew's emergency lobectomy.  When CLE is caught prior to sending the child into severe respiratory distress, the family can schedule surgery for a time in the future, when the child is healthy and doing well.  The result?  Kasen spent 4 days in the hospital instead of nearly two weeks.   The infant was also able to nurse almost immediately after surgery, rather than having to be put on a feeding tube.  You can read all about Kasen's story tomorrow.