Colleen: Fistula IV

[mdlbear]

So,... Colleen's fistula opened up again last night, releasing a trickle of blood and pus from what we think is an abcess. She'd been having severe pain in that area for most of the week, so neither of us was particularly surprised. As with the previous incident, there doesn't seem to be any connection with the intestine anymore, so it's not too worrisome.

I packed it and slapped a new dressing on, then did the same this morning (doing a somewhat better job of taping it so that it won't leak). She'll call Kaiser when she gets up. She needs to do that anyway, because she's nearly out of Percoset. Though the pain and redness were a lot less this morning than they were last night.

One reason for the lack of urgency is that her surgery is scheduled for Thursday morning. Another is that this is the third time it's re-opened, so we know the drill. Note that the Remicade doesn't appear to be helping with this, though it may be having an effect elsewhere.

Note the new tag, colleen-200902. The previous one, colleen-200901, has been retired.

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

About the Remicade - Not surprising. It will keep her from attacking her own intestines, but will lower her resistance to infection.
If you'll remember, they wanted to be sure she didn't have anything nasty before they would even start the remicade.
It will be good when she is mended and feeling human again.