Re: dd gall bladder/pancreas adventure -- the next step

April 2, 2011

Glad you made it out of there, dd!

I hope there are no more events (besides dancing) before the 11th.

Not an MD

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:09 PM, <dgd301@...> wrote:

> I was about to be released when they discovered 102.7 temp and continued

> abdominal pain. Had another CT Scan and got severe diarrhea from the

> contrast. So they said one more day. So Friday was the day. I held court for

many

> of the doctors while we waited to see if there was any reason to hold me

> back.

>

> About 4:00 my husband came, fully prepared to take me home.

>

> But wait . . .Someone with a sheaf of papers came in and said I had

> developed CDiff, so they were adding a prescription for Flagyl. We got a

little

> farther in the process and someone came in and said that the medical doctor

> wanted us to wait for 20 minutes while he talked to the surgical team. Is

> it possible? Are they going to put me back? After 20 minutes, she came back

> in and said I was still going home.

>

> At one point, the woman said " April Fool " , then " just kidding "

>

> Here's where I am. Home in my bed. Took a bath in my tub.

>

> Next drama? I go to Boston from April 6th to the 10th. They scheduled the

> gall bladder surgery for Monday the 11th. That plane had better fly on time.

>

> dd

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