Colleen: The Return of Fistula

[mdlbear]

Yes, I'm using a horror-movie-style title deliberately. Colleen got her labs back from the visiting nurse's last visit yesterday; the results were basically "call your doctor: your white cell count is way too high." And she's been showing signs of inflamation near her fistula site for a couple of days. So when it, or a new one nearby, opened up at about 5:30 and started oozing goop, we knew the drill. At least this time there won't be any delay starting treatment -- we've been through that last time. And if they have any damned sense they'll move her surgery date up. And hopefully that will fix it.

She'll almost certainly miss Saturday's party, which will be particularly grumpy-making. And she may well miss Conflikt, which is only a month away. She's angry and frustrated and disappointed, but not in any pain at the moment. On a happier note, she's lost a tremendous amount of the water weight she'd put on; her legs are actually looking quite good.

I'll keep you posted.

12-31 8:18am Near as I could tell last night after they got her a little bit cleaned up, it's the old fistula and not a new one. I still don't trust anything in that area very much, though.

Comments

[carmiel.livejournal.com]

Oh no! My heart goes out to you guys. (hugs) It would suck rocks if she missed Conflikt. (prayers & good thoughts your way)

[mdlbear]

Thanks! I'm still cautiously hopeful at this point, but...