RE: post surgery infection

March 7, 2004

Yes my son had " bleeding " from his ear also. My sister who is a doctor

asked one of her friends at the hospital and they said it was ok, as long as

it didn't stay to long or was a lot. I cannot remember why it happened but

even in my information that the ENT doc gave us it said some was ok. His

only post-surgery complication was he had problems breathing afterwards. I

took him to the ER and they gave him some breathing treatments. The best

thing was that the day after his surgery he could walk straight without

falling. Due to the rapid hearing loss after the Meningitis he lost his

balance. When they implanted him he no longer walked like a drunk. Other

than that he came through with flying colors. He now is hearing things I

never thought he could hear. Though I wish the Navy would have done

bilateral implants but they won't pay for it

Dagny

Quinn-Implanted 11/02 Turn on-12/18/02

Post surgery infection

Oh dear, I always wonder when the rollercoaster in my little girl's

life is going to end. She was implanted with bilateral implants on

Monday March 1st. First couple of days everything was looking really

good. Friday came and I needed to put her back in daycare(no I don't

blame daycare just kind of part of the story) and Friday night she

screamed for about an hour straight and then finally fell asleep. At

first I thought she was just tired from being in daycare all day and

was having a hard time putting herself to sleep. Well yesterday she

woke up and wasn't really herself again. She would have moments

where all she wanted was to be held and then other where she would go

off and play like normal. Well since there was no temp and we didn't

see signs of any problems we thought that she might just be getting

her two year molars. Well we came home last night from Grandma and

Grandpa's house and we were getting her ready for bed and we noticed

that her incision behind her left ear was read and swollen. Great.

This is just what we need. I called the ENT on call and he put her

on antibiotics. Now this morning we noticed more blood coming out of

her left ear. It's not " bleeding " from her ear. I just noticed that

I cleaned her ear out yesterday and there was more dried blood in her

ear again. Anyone had any problems like this or suggestions? I will

definitely be calling her surgeon's office tomorrow morning and

speaking to his nurse(he does not have clinic hours on Mondays). I

just don't want to be a worry wart but we don't want to have any

problems with her implants either.

February 2, 2008

Hi . I am sorry to hear what you have been through. I had a different

problem after my knee surgery two weeks ago. I had a torn cartridge which need

it a one day cleaning surgery. After my surgery I had a severe diarrhea and

vomiting for a week now. I am on two antibiotics and after all kind of tests

nothing show the reason for the continuous symptoms of the watery diarrhea. My

doctor believes that my diverticulitis and colitis are to be blamed. I stopped

gleevec for one week not to make it worth. I am on liquid diet now. You are

right we more susceptible to these infections than " normal " people after

surgery. I wish you have a quick recovery.

T

dxd 2003

PCRU 2007

Zero club #764

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>

> Dear gang, Apropos of nothing, I have just developed a MRSA. Surgery Thursday.

> Are we more susceptible to these than " normal " people?

>

> Sheesh! I'm feeling less normal all the time!

>

> Thanks and all my good will,

>

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February 2, 2008

Oh my God, , I'm so sorry you've had to go through this! I am praying your

digestive system gets back in order and that you are comfortable sooooooon.

> ;

> CC: rrosenlum@...

> From: mtadros9@...

> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:52:48 +0000

> Subject: RE: [ ] post surgery infection

>

> Hi . I am sorry to hear what you have been through. I had a different

problem after my knee surgery two weeks ago. I had a torn cartridge which need

it a one day cleaning surgery. After my surgery I had a severe diarrhea and

vomiting for a week now. I am on two antibiotics and after all kind of tests

nothing show the reason for the continuous symptoms of the watery diarrhea. My

doctor believes that my diverticulitis and colitis are to be blamed. I stopped

gleevec for one week not to make it worth. I am on liquid diet now. You are

right we more susceptible to these infections than " normal " people after

surgery. I wish you have a quick recovery.

>

> T

> dxd 2003

> PCRU 2007

> Zero club #764

> --------- [ ] MRSAs

> >

> > Dear gang, Apropos of nothing, I have just developed a MRSA. Surgery

Thursday.

> > Are we more susceptible to these than " normal " people?

> >

> > Sheesh! I'm feeling less normal all the time!

> >

> > Thanks and all my good will,

> >

> > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _

> >

> > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser!

> >

> > http://biggestloser .msn.com/

> >

February 2, 2008

I've wondered if there's a connection to diverticulitis and gleevec/cml? I never

had any symtoms until last spring and finally had to have part of my large

intestine removed. Had severe nausea for weeks prior and after surgery.

Margaret

Rosen Lum <rrosenlum@...> wrote: