A former principal of a nursery in Dubai has been discharged from intensive care following routine bariatric surgery.
Lisa Sherrington-Boyd is now able to communicate with her family again after she was put into an induced coma for three days last week.
The early years consultant, affectionately known as the ‘potty queen’ among clients, suffered a blood clot in her pelvis and lung, kidney failure and sepsis pneumonia days after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery.
Speaking to The National from her hospital bed on Tuesday, she said she was on the road to recovery and was hoping to be discharged by the weekend.
“I am out of ICU,” she said.
“It was a terrible time. I was unconscious for three days where my poor family sat next to me and just waited and waited.
“I’m still not very well but I’m on the general ward and they’re saying, hopefully, I can go home at the weekend.
“Some positives are that most of my tubes are out. I still think my lung isn’t doing very well but I have received more prayers than anybody could ever receive, from every single denomination, and I’m really grateful.”
For years, Ms Sherrington-Boyd said she was crippled with pain and discomfort after being diagnosed with a type of arthritis that causes soreness and stiffness in the spine.
After careful thought, she decided to go ahead with bariatric surgery to help her lose weight and improve her mobility and quality of life.
The former principal of Kangaroo Kids Nursery in Dubai, had the gastric sleeve surgery on January 21 and was discharged 48 hours later.
Due to several complications, she was readmitted to the emergency department a day later where her condition quickly worsened.
During that time, she received eight bags of blood after family and friends rallied on Facebook and made an appeal to donors with RH O-negative blood type.
Gastric sleeve surgery entails dividing the stomach into two unequal parts. About 75 to 80 per cent of the outer curved part of the stomach is cut away and removed.
The edges of the remaining stomach are then stapled or sutured together. This creates a banana-shaped stomach that’s only about 25 per cent of its original size.
