A man from Scottsdale was happy to hear from a second opinion he would be taken off a feeding tube just in time for the holidays.
Jerre Stead is a busy man. As a runner for over 50 years, he's always on the go. When a hiatal hernia surgery put a halt to his active lifestyle, he felt defeated. "My large intestine, part of my small intestine had moved up and it was inside of my lungs. My lungs were depressed about 55%," he said. The first surgery led to a second surgery after experiencing complications. In June, doctors had to insert feeding tubes. "All I could do was drink smoothies.
"End of July, I was thinking this is forever already and now I've got to go August, September, October, November, December, January, another six, seven months," he said. That's when he was encouraged to get a second opinion at Banner. "I was able to do the surgery robotically. So through multiple small incisions, I was able to repair his hernia. I took out his feeding tube so that he could eat and drink normally," Dr.
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