Finally, around 12 p.m., they decided to go in endoscopically to look at it. This means that they took a camera and fed it down Ryan's throat into his stomach to look at the tube placement.
After all the trouble, they discovered that he had the type of stomach tube that they could have just pulled out. (Sounds horrible, but that is really how they remove them.) No sutures needed.
They ended up cutting the tube and placing it in a bag. (Ryan wanted to keep it. haha!)
They said that it is unbelievable how quickly the hole heals up. It heals from the inside out. They put a pressure bandage on it. They said that in about 24 hours the bandage could be switched to something as simple as a band-aid.
The procedure was painless and Ryan is feeling fine. He is happy to be tube-free. :)
Ryan had a very interesting visitor today. He was visited by someone he was just recently deployed with. Up until now, he hadn't remembered anything about his deployment. But, after talking with today's visitor, his memory was refreshed.
The visitor was also able to give me some more detail about Ryan's accident. Apparently, Ryan was riding his motorcycle (dirt bike, or whatever) across the border of his compound. It was dark out and he hit a small dirt mound. There was a large (about 4-5 feet wide) ditch in the ground. In the ditch there was a large pipe (drainage, maybe). After hitting the dirt mound, Ryan flew from his bike, landed on the pipe and slid across the top of it. The bike fell in the ditch. I'm not exactly sure where Ryan was found (in the ditch, by the ditch or on top of the pipe).
Ryan was found after the sun came up by a patrol group of locals. They immediately called the base medical officials and Ryan was immediately transported to a medical facility in Afghanistan.
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I am glad some of that was cleared up! I was wondering about his accident. So, I assume, that he wasn't easily seen b/c he was in a ditch?
I am just sooo glad he's alright and it seems his progress is amazing!
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