Mary just finished her 3rd meal today. All three meals have been full regular diet so she is eating big people food. She attacked all her meals with gusto although she couldn't finish them--her tummy has shrunk after several weeks of not eating.
She has taken two walks so far and is planning another soon. This part of the hospital is laid out in a trangular fashion so she is doing laps of the triangle. Her first walk did two laps, then the 2nd walk went to three laps. We'll see what happens with the next walk, her after dinner stroll.
The pain killer today consisted of Tylenol because she is not having the sharp pain that existed before the gall bladder was removed. She describes the pain as "four holes in my tummy and someone was in there mucking around" which I think describes a laparoscopy pretty accurately.
They have been running blood tests all day but they haven't told us what they are learning. The nurse did say the blood tests are "pretty unusual" so they are looking for some indicators or markers associated with the inflammation, I assume.
We haven't talked to a senior member of the team today so we don't know the likely plan. The junior resident, Dr. O, did say that Mary might be released tomorrow, Monday, depending on the results of the blood work.
That's all for now,
Pat
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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Good to hear that Mary is able to eat again. Hope the "tincture of time" does the trick and she recovers quickly!
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