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lung and breathing complications

My father had quadruple bypass surgery last week.  After surgery he needed blood twice (his counts ere very low) and then had about a pint of fluid removed from around his lungs.  He has had trouble breathing since.  They have had him on oxygen and lung treatments (not sure if they are giving him any prednisone or some other steroid).  He came off the oxygen yesterday and walked a bit.  Today he got week, had very low blood pressure and could not breath.  They have not given any reason why he cannot get enough oxygen.  I have been reading through the questions posted on the forum and read that the fluid on the lung may damaged their ability to fully expand.  They have done a lung scan and multiple xrays but just say all looks ok.
How normal is this?   If there is lung damage is it permanent? Where do we go from here??? I appreciate your response.
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A related discussion, difficulty breathing was started.
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A related discussion, MY DAD was started.
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Dear Linda Gecewicz--

I just located this web site and read the question regarding your father's problems.  I hope that he is beyond these problems and has recovered from his surgery.  It reminded me so much of my mother's situation last Aug./Sept. (1999).  She had similar problems and was hospitalized two times additional times following surgery for a week each. Her recovery was long.
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My Father 71 had a quad bypass surgery the 4th.of january 2000
the first week after surgery he was so well,could walk a bit,
then the lung fails,they gave him oxygen by tracheotomy,sometimes he could breath correctly,then the lungs failed again and finally the kidneys failed and he died 2 month after surgery.(Heartforum 2.02.2000.)The week befor he was so well and told us about his project for his and my mams further.For the family it was so hard to accept,because nobody could explain us correctly what was realy happens.We think now, it was maybe time to go home for him.
I wish you and everybody who need a heard-surgery a lot of chance and that god bless you and your family.
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i had a polup removed on 5/15/00 from my voice box. my lung got filled with fluid.i also can not talk .i am on voice rest for 7days what cause the fluid.
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i had a polup removed on 5/15/00 from my voice box. my lung got filled with fluid.i also can not talk .i am on voice rest for 7days
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It sounds like he is having a slow recovery from surgery - that happens sometime. It sounds like they initially removed fluid from around his lungs. If it re-accumulates, the x-ray should pick it up. Fluid around the lung like this usually causes no permanent sort of damage. His doctors will continue to monitor him as he recovers, but it may still take several days.
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