She is improved enough that she no longer needed to be in the primary hospital. She is ready to start rehab, and is more comfortable with the team at this LTAC. It ‘feels like home’ after spending so much time here.
Besides that, she wasn’t satisfied with the care of her latest surgical wound at the hospital. This LTAC specializes in wound care, and the team here is very good. So here we are.
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Surgery canceled for today. Surgeon sick. Will be rescheduled for tomorrow.
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Barbara will be having a follow up surgery tomorrow morning. It should be relatively minor. Continue reading →
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Barbara will be having a followup surgery tomorrow or the next day. Should be relatively minor. It is to drain the abscess in her incision.
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It’s been a few days, and a couple of people have asked, so I guess I need to update. Continue reading →
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BTW: The bubble echocardiogram? No problem found. I forgot to pass that on.
So Barbara skipped the IMU, and went straight to the floor. She’s still on telemetry, and is now on contact restrictions. She’s developed a superficial infection in the old ostomy site. Continue reading →
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As soon as a room becomes available in the IMU, Barbara will move out of the ICU. They are still trying to achieve a therapeutic level of heparin. Once they do that, they will switch her to oral coumadin. Once they determine the right dose of that, it’s back to Vosswood.
These are all positive developments. So why am I feeling so leary? Maybe I am just tired.
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