Seventh Surgery Complete

Surgery is complete and mama has a drain on her right side to help with the infection. There is another small pocket of infection on her left side but we've been told that it is too small to get to at this point, we don't know if that means another drain at some point or if it could resolve itself... She is doing pretty well but in pain at this time. The plan is for her to stay at the hospital until this evening to make sure she's doing well enough to go home. She's also been working with a physical therapist 3 times a week and her improvements are amazing! She is now able to walk around the room multiple times with her walker as well as get herself up from sitting on the couch (which was quite difficult in the beginning). She is getting so much stronger and I can't wait for her to get back to doing every day things, including shopping for some clothes that will fit her now that she's lost so much weight :) She continues to amaze me!

Surgery... again

We just heard from the surgeon that the abscess on mama's right side is infection. She's going to have to go in for surgery to insert another drain. She's struggling with this as the last drains were difficult and she was too weak to be sedated during surgery. Hopefully that is not the case this time and that it'll be easier for her to overcome this obstacle. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers to get over this quickly and continue her recovery.

Meeting with the Surgeon

Mama had an appointment with a new surgeon today in order to continue her TPN (nutrition feed). It went well except for a new pain on her right side which is in the area of where the third pocket of infection was that they couldn't insert a drain into. The surgeon ordered a CT scan so they can find out more about the pain, hopefully it's not the infection. Even though she does have the pain, she is continually getting stronger. Superbowl Sunday she took more steps than any of us have seen her take before. She is trying her hardest to get better but these set backs are ruthless. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. All of these appointments and procedures are very hard on her physically and mentally. You can always do a little more than you think you can, I love you mama!