another Susan update7/18/07

Hi Friends,
Things are still not going well, although Mom had
a good day today. She's still in the hospital
although we may get her moved to rehab tomorrow if all
goes well. The move has been delayed because she
needed blood several times (low hemoglobin thanks to
some bleeding from the blood thinner and a problem
from the triple lumin (sp?) the first hospital had put
in her leg). A triple lumin is the portal for blood
draws/transfusions and IVs. She now has one in her
arm and it's a special kind for keeping in longer
term. When you're on blood thinner, sometimes the
blood gets too thin and you bleed in areas you don't
want to bleed...not a serious problem but a
complication. The infections seem to be clearing up
and she was much more alert and responsive
today...hurray!
Dad seems to be having every possible complication
from the triple bypass. He's still on dialysis
because the coding messed up his kidneys and we don't
know how long it will take to get them working
properly again. Now it seems that the surgery
triggered problems with gall stones that had been
dormant. They put in a drain today in his gall bladder
duct but couldn't put in a second one, so tomorrow
they're doing something called an ERCP (I don't know
what the letters the stand for) which will clear out
some of that problem. They tell me it's like an
endoscopy (the E I guess) but goes all the way to the
liver and gall bladder. He's knocked out for it, but
he has to stay on the ventilator for it (he's been
back on that since Sunday night) which he HATES!
So we still need lots of prayers!
Thanks!
Susan

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:10:43 -0400, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK.RemoveThis@Kautzlaw.com> wrote:

>Hi Friends,
> Things are still not going well, although Mom had
>a good day today. She's still in the hospital
>although we may get her moved to rehab tomorrow if all
>goes well. The move has been delayed because she
>needed blood several times (low hemoglobin thanks to
>some bleeding from the blood thinner and a problem
>from the triple lumin (sp?) the first hospital had put
>in her leg). A triple lumin is the portal for blood
>draws/transfusions and IVs. She now has one in her
>arm and it's a special kind for keeping in longer
>term. When you're on blood thinner, sometimes the
>blood gets too thin and you bleed in areas you don't
>want to bleed...not a serious problem but a
>complication. The infections seem to be clearing up
>and she was much more alert and responsive
>today...hurray!
> Dad seems to be having every possible complication
>from the triple bypass. He's still on dialysis
>because the coding messed up his kidneys and we don't
>know how long it will take to get them working
>properly again. Now it seems that the surgery
>triggered problems with gall stones that had been
>dormant. They put in a drain today in his gall bladder
>duct but couldn't put in a second one, so tomorrow
>they're doing something called an ERCP (I don't know
>what the letters the stand for) which will clear out
>some of that problem. They tell me it's like an
>endoscopy (the E I guess) but goes all the way to the
>liver and gall bladder. He's knocked out for it, but
>he has to stay on the ventilator for it (he's been
>back on that since Sunday night) which he HATES!
> So we still need lots of prayers!
>Thanks!
>Susan
Julianne, please ensure Susan that the goodthoghts and prayers are
still there for her and her family.

Thanks for updating us and for passing thses replies on!