On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:10:43 -0400, Julianne Toomey-Kautz
<JulianneTK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 ****tal 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!
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