Hi Everyone, it's been a week spent on a roller coaster!
I walked into Andrew's hospital room on Tuesday morning and he was hooked up to a stomach pump - I could have cried. He has been complaining of abdominal pains for a week and it seems they are caused by a blockage in the intestines. His digestive system hadn't woken up and it was creating havoc. They put a NG tube up through his nose and down into his stomach - he said it was deadful and very uncomfortble and he looked downright miserable. I think Tuesday was our lowest day....
It's now Friday (2 weeks since the operation) and he is still in hospital, still hooked up to the stomach pump. He has 2 IV's and the catheter and he hasn't had anything but sips of water for 2 weeks. I lie a little - he was allowed watered down Sprite yesterday... Doctors have taken the conservative approach - they want his bowel and intestines to wake up themselves. They tried suppositories and Milk of Magnesia and we walk alot but the bowel is refusing to budge. Yesterday, they sent him off for a scan. They wanted to get to the 'bottom' of it. Dr came to see us at about 7pm last night and showed us the scanned images - there is a 'kink' in the intestine which is causing the problem. Andrew says that it's like having a hose pipe with a kink in it. His new neo bladder is working perfectly though which is great news. So it's now a waiting game... Dr warned that it could take a while so we are now looking into possibly getting set up at the condo with all the gear required to keep the stomach pump going and the IV's. He's going to have to get drip fed too. So we watch and wait.....
love
T x
weather here is following a similar pattern - we've had snow showers all week and they have promised 60 degrees this Sunday - weird!
