Rob in STL out of Hopital (for 24 hours anyway!)

[Guest guest]

Hey gang, thanks for all of the support. I was released this evening in order

to get some time at home before going to washington university in STL on monday

morning. My liver numbers are all back up and I am already jaundiced so things

are progressing nicely. Basically the hospital I go to is close enough to my

family that they can help my wife out with our 3 sons while I am medically

incarcerated but they are a small hospital and are limited by capacity, not

capabilities. So, rather than screw my appointment to see the best in the area

on monday by performing another ERCP and installing 2 new stents and keeping me

for a week, they reluctantly sent me home with drugs and made me promise on a

stack of PDR's that if I ran a fever I would come back! I also had them get me

copies of all of my medical records for the last year so that I can start a file

for my own needs. I have missed 2 weeks of work because of nausea, pain, and

exhaustion not counting the 5 weeks I have missed already due to being in the

big house (HOSPITAL!). Well, enough of all this, I havent had a decent nights

sleep in a week and Im gonna crash while the vicodin is still flowing! Thank you

all again and I hope that everybody is doing as well as their situation allows.

Think positive, keep your faith, and type to your friends!

With deepest gratitude,

Rob in STL