After The Op

[poliphilo]

That was a long day. Ailz had the operation in the morning and was transferred to the High Dependency Unit in the early afternoon. The infection was so bad that they couldn't do keyhole sugery, but had to make a big incision so they could look around properly. I assume they took out the gall bladder entire, but no-one has actually explained it to me yet. The main thing is that she's out of pain (out of serious pain, I mean) and is at last able to get some proper sleep (she was so short of sleep before the operation she was hallucinating (a giant rabbit, a Russian woman playing the violin.)

Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers.

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[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Well. Things sound a little better!

A few years ago one of the profs I work for - who is diabetic and takes notoriously bad care of himself - insisted he had the flu. finally, he came in one morning (he always comes in at 5 - 5:30) and couldn't get out of his chair to go teach class. Security was called and he ended up in the hospital- they found out his gall bladder was so bad he was gangrenous. He was in hospital for about a week, out of work for the rest of the semester.

He survived just fine.

Poor Ailz, to be so ill. Sending hugs and good energy to both of you. Thanks for taking the time to post.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ailz's gall bladder was gangrenous too. She must have been ill for weeks, months even- the odd thing is that there were no symptoms (that she noticed) until last weekend.