Never a Dull Moment

Yesterday afternoon at work, I got a message to call Anne. I figured she needed me to bring some thing to eat for that evening. When I called she said " I have appendicitis . They are going to operate tonight "..... "I'm on my way". I arrived at 6:00. She looked scared but managed to make a joke about it all. We ended up waiting about 3 hours before they took her down to surgery. We met with the surgeon and the anesthesiologist. Both were seasoned veterans. Anne seemed comfortable with their description of the procedure and their competence. Surgery began around 10:20 and was completed just before midnight. It turned out to be a more difficult then the usual, as they call it, "lap appy ". The appendix had adhered itself to the colon and they spent along time trying to find it. She returned to the room at 2:30 awake and feeling pretty good, mostly from the drugs that were floating around in her system. The rest of the night went well and in the morning she was sore but OK. There was still some fever which the doctor said was part of the post-op picture.

I am now fast forwarding to today Sunday as I didn't get to finish this post yesterday. I had to get back to the hospital because Anne was feeling worse. Her temperature spiked and the nausea returned. She was unable to eat much and was in some ways just plain fed up with her circumstance. I guess the hard part is that she had been doing so well this round with a very positive result. Now this...
I spent the night. She had some chills and spikes but did manage to sleep . The resident, Dr. Chen, was in this morning to say they were keeping an eye on her blood work which so far was good. She said they may do a CT scan of the abdomen for possible fluid collection which could cause the fevers. I just called the hospital and spoke to Nancy, Anne was sleeping. Dr. Wolfe had been in and so far the blood work is OK so they are waiting to see if the antibiotics will do the job. If she does have fluid collection or abscess then she will have to have it surgically drained.

That's all there is for now. As always your prayers and thoughts are much needed and appreciated. I'll try to post again tonight.

Love to All

Dennis

P.S. Anne just called (12:45 ) to say she thinks the fever has broken. She was in a big sweat and is now a little above normal and feeling better.