River: State of the FlowerCat, part 3

[mdlbear]

I spoke this morning with the surgeon who did her endoscopy (as part of a visit originally scheduled to talk about my upcoming colonoscopy) -- apparently her condition is very stable, there's no sign of infection, and her creatinine level has actually improved. (I have some doubts about her kidney functionm however.) And we found out later in the day that the biopsies came back as "benign", so at least we don't have to worry about cancer.

On the other hand, she's been in the hospital for a week, being fed intravenously, unable to eat anything except popsicles and sips of water, and bored out of her mind.

We were originally expecting that she would be transfered to one of the UW hospitals later this week, but in fact she will be going to Swedish First Hill in Seattle, sometime this (4/07) evening. As usual in situations like that, she sent me home before the transport arrangements were finalized. Probably so that she could freak out without bothering me. Not for the first time.

The plan is for me to drive down to Seattle and stay with N and her family, which would save me a lot of driving. I tend to feel as though N, like Colleen, worries too much about me, but driving back home with the sun in my eyes isn't really my idea of fun, so she has a point.

Comments

[acelightning]

Many enormous enveloping encouraging HUGS to both of you!

[tibicina]

*sends lots of gentle hugs to both you and the cat*

I hope she feels better soon and that whatever needs to happen medically gets handled well in a timely fashion.

[archangelbeth]

GOOD LUCK!

[madfilkentist]

Continuing to hope for a turn for the better soon.

[jcfiala]

Good luck, and well wishes from me to you.