Surgery #1 - Tuesday, June 17th

Dave arrived at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte at about 2am on Tuesday, June 17th. The trauma team was ready and waiting, they checked Dave over and decided the best approach was to perform surgery. Once inside, they found a lot of internal bleeding, taking out nearly a liter of blood. They also noticed some bile leaking so Dr Seip removed Dave's gallbladder, which was not the source of the leak. He also placed two drainage tubes to help drain the blood and bile that was leaking into Dave's stomach cavity. At this time, Dr Seip knew that there was bile leaking but felt the situation was under control and sent Dave to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha to be evaluated by specialists. We are very thankful that Dr Seip was able to get the situation under control and was humble enough to admit Dave's injuries required a specialist.