Day 17... Whew! Where do we begin.... They took Mom early this morning for another CT Scan, this time they did full torso area. Mom had a pleasant surprise when she discovered her nurse for today was Jennie, Nurse Jennie was one of Mom's 'Angels' in the wing they moved her from and is very familiar with Mom's case, so Mom was happy to see her this morning! Because she's still only allowed to have clear broth, jello, juice, water and tea they still have her on the clear nutritional 'cocktail' which seems to spike her glucose levels even though Mom is not diabetic. This means she's given an abdominal Insulin injection once a day along with everything else.
About 4pm Mom's new Hospitalist came by, introduced himself and went over the findings on the CT Scan... Dr. Cheung said along with a very large infection extending from the perforation site, there are multiple 'pockets' of infection which are smaller but throughout the entire colon... However, the CT Scan shows that the large infection area and the smaller areas ARE responding to the antibiotic treatment and it looks like it may take another 2 weeks in the hospital to get all the infectious matter to drain, hopefully eliminating most of the smaller 'pockets' and isolating the largest infection closer to the original site of perforation. Then it looks like a good possibility they may have to go in and surgically remove the 'bad' area of her colon and reattach the two healthier ends....
So as Mom says, "One day at a time..." Her spirits are good, those of you who know Mom know her attitude, "What else can I do? I hope for the best." Up until Dad passed away (it will be 6 years on 10/30) we always thought it was Dad that was the strong one... Since then we've seen and known our 'real' Mom...
Mom was the strength that held us all together, Mom was the strength that took care of Barbara and Dad... and now again, Mom is the strength and the positive attitude that will carry her through this... and all of us along with her... She's our example, she's our hero... WE Love You Mom!
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