Colleen: update [2]

[mdlbear]

(Background: Colleen is in the hospital for what's looking like a 6-week stay. See this post for the previous update, and the Starport web page for up-to-date contact info, including room#.)

The bottom line is that it will take about six weeks for Colleen's intestine to heal. They can't remove the bad part surgically because repaired segments tend to turn into problems down the line. Can't win, in other words.

As of this morning she was rather grumpy. It's well known that grumpy old people survive better, so I'm rather encouraged by this in a backhanded sort of way.

This morning she had just gotten the news that they were going to move her to a different room, but as far as I know it hasn't happened yet -- I'll post when/if it does. Hopefully the new room will have Wi-Fi as well as cell phone service (which she does have, fortunately); I'm also bringing in a travel router in case Kaiser's IT staff need something trustworthy they can plug into their LAN.

Now that we've sort-of gotten over the shock, the household is starting to adapt. I'm proud and delighted at the way our chaoswolf has stepped into the role of interim alpha female in the household, taking things like phone calls, Wednesday pizza, grocery shopping, and transportation arrangements in stride. Kudos for our Wolfling daughter.

I've been adjusting as well, working hospital visits into my schedule again, and changing my online priorities. I'll still keep up with my friends list, but will probably make fewer comments and spend less time active on IM.

I'll be heading out to see her in a couple of minutes. More later tonight.

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Went and saw her today. If you want to bring her something fun, get some clear hard candy. She can suck on those.
Also the More Flowers the better. If we can stagger them, they'll stay fresh for a while.
Edited for another request - Word Fill books. They look like crossword puzzles, but there is a list of words and you put them into the grid. Colleen finds them relaxing.
And Lots of Healing Energy, so she can get out of there sooner.
She's there because they have to keep her intestines quiet which means NPO (save for a few hard candies every day to get rid of yucky mouth). So she's there til it heals.
More Healing Energy! Let's get her sprung!

[mdlbear]

Thanks for the update.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

Thank you for keeping all of us updated.

[mdlbear]

You're welcome.