Guest guest Posted August 13, 2006 Report Posted August 13, 2006 Pennsy Kathie ? Send us a jar of fireflies..! No lightnin' bugs here in CA. M. > > > Kathie is home. Everything went relatively well. She had trouble w/ > transportation and going between two different hospitals connected w/ a > bridge and only one had a check-in while she was supposed to be in the > other hospital. The doctors lost her for a while, then a first day > transportation guy was SURE he knew the way, but guess what, he didn't. > > They removed the first lump, and the doctor said he was really sure it > was not malignant, but will take a week to get the tests back. The > second lump was scar tissue from the myotomy. > > There were not many weak spots in the esophagus, he fixed the one there > was and gave her a 60 (yes, 60, the same she had before) dilation. He > didn't think it would help that long because her esophagus is drooping. > > She had trouble after surgery with her breathing stopping so they kept > her awake and ONLY let her have ONE Tylenol at a time every 4 hours. > She has a high pain tolerance but still is in some pain. Even though > Tylenol is different of course from morophine, the doctor didn't want to > take a chance w/ any pain meds. > > She had a couple of awful spasms the second night, they tried a few > things and finally Maalox. She doesn't know what helped, but they went > away. > > She has to lay around for a while but is home and comfortable once she > gets in a good position. She still can't eat much because the gas must > be pushing against her stomach and she just doesn't seem to have room to > eat much at a time. > > She wants to thank you all for the good wishes. She is maintaining her > Avon business, her travel business and her charities as much as > possible. > > Overall things went relatively well, but as happens often the hospital > staff was the weak link. She and her husband knew they were losing them > but there wasn't much that could be done. I wonder if we should keep > the phone number of our surgeon with us and have someone call his office > when there is a new person shuffling you around. She was 2 hours > delayed because she was lost several times. The surgeon said they knew > she was somewhere, but didn't know where. Maybe we need to make sure > the surgeon has a cell phone of someone with us so he/she can find us? > Even though we aren't supposed to have cells on a lot of places. > > She sounds fine, in some pain and anxious not to be laid up. > > Sandy in So Cal... bought school supplies for one... purple is the color > it seems, she is coordinated, but no fru-fru at all. Report on the > middle school color scheme choice next week. > Quote
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 Please pass along my good wishes for a speedy recovery to Kathie. I can't believe they kept losing her! Hospitals should at least be able to keep track of their patients. Vicki > > > Kathie is home. Everything went relatively well. She had trouble w/ > transportation and going between two different hospitals connected w/ a > bridge and only one had a check-in while she was supposed to be in the > other hospital. The doctors lost her for a while, then a first day > transportation guy was SURE he knew the way, but guess what, he didn't. > > They removed the first lump, and the doctor said he was really sure it > was not malignant, but will take a week to get the tests back. The > second lump was scar tissue from the myotomy. > > There were not many weak spots in the esophagus, he fixed the one there > was and gave her a 60 (yes, 60, the same she had before) dilation. He > didn't think it would help that long because her esophagus is drooping. > > She had trouble after surgery with her breathing stopping so they kept > her awake and ONLY let her have ONE Tylenol at a time every 4 hours. > She has a high pain tolerance but still is in some pain. Even though > Tylenol is different of course from morophine, the doctor didn't want to > take a chance w/ any pain meds. > > She had a couple of awful spasms the second night, they tried a few > things and finally Maalox. She doesn't know what helped, but they went > away. > > She has to lay around for a while but is home and comfortable once she > gets in a good position. She still can't eat much because the gas must > be pushing against her stomach and she just doesn't seem to have room to > eat much at a time. > > She wants to thank you all for the good wishes. She is maintaining her > Avon business, her travel business and her charities as much as > possible. > > Overall things went relatively well, but as happens often the hospital > staff was the weak link. She and her husband knew they were losing them > but there wasn't much that could be done. I wonder if we should keep > the phone number of our surgeon with us and have someone call his office > when there is a new person shuffling you around. She was 2 hours > delayed because she was lost several times. The surgeon said they knew > she was somewhere, but didn't know where. Maybe we need to make sure > the surgeon has a cell phone of someone with us so he/she can find us? > Even though we aren't supposed to have cells on a lot of places. > > She sounds fine, in some pain and anxious not to be laid up. > > Sandy in So Cal... bought school supplies for one... purple is the color > it seems, she is coordinated, but no fru-fru at all. Report on the > middle school color scheme choice next week. > Quote
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