Cheryl called me this morning while I was at work and let me know that Dr. Jones removed her drains and that she was being cleared to check out this afternoon. They removed her IV and said that they would be working on her paperwork. When I got to the hospital around 4:30, I stopped by the nurse's station to let them know that I'd arrived. At that point, they were still working on getting her chart closed out.
I carried Cheryl a set of clean clothes to the hospital so she quickly got cleaned up and changed and we sat on the bed, watching TV and waited for her discharge. During the evening news, the vascular surgeon walks in and asks us where Cheryl is going. Of course, we replied that we were waiting for her discharge paperwork.
He said that he was glad that he caught us before she checked out because in going over her abdominal and pelvic CAT scans, he discovered two blood clots in her pelvic area. He said that Cheryl needed to have a filter inserted to keep these clots from migrating to her heart. He further explained that she was in grave danger without the filter and than almost any sort of movement could dislodge them.
A few minutes later, a couple of nurses from the vascular surgery department came to Cheryl's room and whisked her down to their department to get the filter inserted. Since she is allergic to iodine contrast, they gave her a full dose of Prednisone, Benadryl and her painkiller at the same time. The filter was inserted through her right groin and she had to remain still and lie flat for two hours after it was over. After the procedure she stayed pretty loopy for over an hour.
The plan is now to release her tomorrow if nothing else shows up and have her return for a follow-up in a week and then in two weeks have the filter removed.
Please be praying that she has no further complications or events to disrupt her treatment.
Oh my goodness! After all that moving around getting dressed you find out such news! That alone would have been pretty freaky. I hope the hospital discharge goes through and all settles down. Our hope is in the Lord.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed visiting with you Cheryl. You're still a lot of fun to be around even under the circumstances.
Oh no I cant believe they almost let you go home. I agree with Cindy (comment above) You are fun to visit with even after all you have been thru and are presently going thru you stay cheerful and have a great attitude. Happy Mothers day.
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