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September 11, 2007
Update on Mom
So Mom went in to have her belly drained again. She's been extremely bloated and the fluid turned out to be infected. On the right side where they operated, there was coagulated blood that became infected. So they injected something that would break up the clot and could then be drained through a small tube. That was working, but they decided to drain her left side as well. Turns out there was a cloudy fluid (a form of pus) and they inserted a small tube on that side to drain as well. They also drained by syringe about 340cc of infected fluid.
Things are not looking as good as we had hoped. John says that because she'd been living with a diseased colon for several weeks before surgery (a result of the radiation for her cancer therapy a few years ago), she started out on the bad side and now, because she went in so sick, things have gotten worse.
Tomorrow they'll do a scope to find out if she's got any more diseased colon and they'll continue to drain for a while to see if she makes any more improvement. If not, she may have to go back in for surgery to remove any infected parts. We're trying to avoid any invasive procedures as much as possible since this would obviously be hard on her already touchy condition.
Right now, we're all taking it literally day by day and hoping for the best. I just want to thank all of you out there for your well wishes. I know my mom appreciates it, as does the rest of my family. I'll keep you all posted.
Oh, and by the way, please take a moment to remember all the heroes we lost on this day 6 years ago on September 11th.
Posted by Amy at September 11, 2007 10:21 PM
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