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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[queen-in-autumn.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear everything has turned out all right.

I had my gall bladder go bad on me the day before Thanksgiving a few years ago. . . Not a pleasant experience.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Ailz is used to pain, but she said this was far worse than anything she has ever known. She characterised it as an "unclean" pain.