It has been a week and a half since the last drain check and feeling ok. I have been mobile a lot this week cleaning the shop...well for the most part I am sitting in the computer chair while Jacob does the dirty work...and thanks so much to the friends and family who helped with operation shop clean out!!
The doc switched the dose on my pain patch with the hopes that I can get off the oxycodone...don't know if that is what has been giving me more energy or if it has been the fresh air and a project?? I am beat at the end of the day but such a productive week.
Last night (Sat) one of the sutures holding one of the back drains pulled loose and now there is only tape holding it in place...I was worried and called the doc on call and we agreed I should come in (to VM in Seattle) to get it fixed. She wasn't worried that any damage had been done yet...that is good, but waiting a week for my next appt scared me...what if I moved wrong or Aaron grabbed and pulled...I'd rather make an urgent trip rather than emergency. Another reason we thought it was good to go sooner rather than later was that this was the drain that has leaked through two dressings a day since we got home from getting it put in...it is hard to flush because of the extension piece needed to make it work...it has caused me the most pain (the suture was really tender...shooting pain when Jacob would change the dressing)...and it isn't draining a super amount of fluid...basically our problem child right now...
We are headed to Seattle even though we don't have an appt...the Doc knows we are coming and said they will "fit us in" Monday. She is the one that differentiated urgent from emergency...I am hoping for morning since I have to fast before procedure...but peace of mind is the main goal. Last time I had a problem, we called for an appt Monday first thing and didn't get in until Tuesday afternoon because of the pass being closed and involving a third party to make the appt...the scheduler in my gastro Drs office and I played phone tag all day. This time we will be at the hospital ready and waiting for an opening and will call the IR dept directly.
I will post again tomorrow after the procedure. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
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