No resolution

No resolution yet, on K's swollen leg. She had a monster low BG this morning, but she's ok now. Her room has a great view of Denver to the West, and I can even see our car with Mandy in it, down there in the Humboldt Garage.

Back at St Jo

So we show up at St Joseph ER, at the direction of K's primary care doctor. "So why are you here?" they ask. Sigh. Where's the coordination? They're checking her in on the 4th floor. They don't see much of a clot on their ultrasound, either. So they'll be making sure her leg stays up, and that she gets dialysis in the morning, and maybe do another ultrasound to see if they can spot the cause of the edema.

Back to hospital

K saw her doctor today. He is pissed at the ER for sending her home last night. He thinks the clot is more serious than the ER indicated. It sounds like I will be meeting her at home after work, and taking her to St Joseph hospital this afternoon.

Sent Home

Sonogram says... She does have a blood clot. But it's fairly small, and not interfering with flow. So, I ask, why is her leg swollen and hot? [shrug]The ER doc said the clot isn't significant, and sent us home. We're supposed to come running back to ER if she shows signs of swelling, redness, or fever. And be sure to get her to her scheduled doc appointment tomorrow...I would think she needs a makeup dialysis session, but I don't think she'll get one. She's got 5 doc or nurse appointments in the next two days, so we'll be lucky to get her to her scheduled session on Friday evening.

Deja Vu

Oh nuts. K just texted me, that they're taking her off dialysis, and sending her to ER with a swollen and hot left leg. This is the same leg that's had trouble all month with the foot wound and infection.

Home again

They finally discharged her on Friday afternoon, on daily antibiotics to try to keep the osteomyelitis at bay. Life is slowly returning to the more usual routine.

Another Surgery

Kristan went into surgery again this morning, a planned cleanup effort after Tuesday's surgery. She's in recovery now. Doc Melberg says it went well, and looks like it should heal up over the next few days. They'll keep her at least overnight, while the cultures grow, so they can target with the right antibiotics. Labs and blood counts, and any complications, will determine if she has to stay longer.

Awake

They left the wound open, packed with antibiotics, so they can watch the progress and make sure it's starting to heal properly. Then they'll close it up on Thursday or Friday. They stopped several meds that may be contributing to the confusion and disorientation problem. K says she hasn't felt this awake and alert in a long time.

Recovering

She's out of surgery and recovering. The surgeon reported that he amputated the 2nd toe, and took some more of the 3rd toe bone.

More Surgery

Kristan says they saw Osteomyelitis in her foot, in the recent X-Ray and MRI scans. They'll probably take her into surgery today. What they do, will depend on what they find, once they're into the foot.

Busted

...and this is why we get spares, and why it was so cool that K got me two more for my Birthday this year!

Back at ER

Sorry to say, we're back at the St Joseph ER. Not even sure why. She's been really dopey all day, starting with falling out of bed this morning. My biggest concern is that we haven't been able to get her BG down since last night. The Oncology Doc and Kaiser Nurse both thought we should come here.

Unbelievable

The unforeseen expense: Last night someone cut and stole the copper pipe from our HOA's sprinkler valve, leaving the uncapped pipe gushing water for eight hours. The loss isn't covered by insurance, and the water company's not inclined to make an adjustment in the bill for the water usage. Replacing the valve alone will be around $1,000.

Hello, Geese

Nice day for a bit longer walk...

Headed home

Finally got K processed out, and got someone to transport her down to the car, around midnight Wednesday.

Not out yet

They're trying to get K out today, but one thing after another is slowing things down.

Coming home soon

K says she's coming home today! I'll believe it, when I see it.

No idea

Hanging out at St Jo. We've given up on guessing when they'll discharge her.

Mini Outing

I was allowed to kidnap Kristan for a little while tonight, so I took her down to the car to see Mandy. They're concerned about fluid buildup and a high white cell count. They'll deal with the fluid by dialyzing her again tomorrow. The WBC could be more infection, or the Leukemia rebounding because she's been off the meds for two months.

New Apple IOS 5

After (belatedly) watching the 2 hr Apple keynote video from the developer's conference, I'm pretty excited about trying out the new iPhone's IOS 5. And the new Mac OS "Lion" upgrades sound pretty awesome too, for that matter. Maybe I should get a Mac, sooner rather than later! See http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/11piubpwiqubf06/event/

Sleeping

Kristan got some decent sleep last night, which is a big deal in our lives. She's not coming home from hospital today... long story, she says... tell you later, she says...

Settling down

It looks like things have stabilized. K won't have any transfusions, or any more surgeries, during this hospital visit. Dialysis tomorrow morning, then maybe she'll be discharged to home.

Bleeding less

Trying to relax a little, watching "Royal Pains". K's foot appears to be bleeding less now. So maybe she won't need a transfusion after all. Hoping...

Good blood flow

K's getting dialysis at St Jo this morning. Her foot was bleeding like crazy last night. They had to change the huge bandage twice, in the three hours I was there.

New room

They put her in a different room after surgery. 10th floor with a commanding view.

Out of Surgery

Kristan had surgery today. Got out a couple of hours ago. Dr Nauts says there were areas of infected tissue that weren't getting blood flow, and some infection in the 3rd metatarsal. She "cleaned it all up". Probably will need antibiotics for awhile. If K heals up well, she may be home as soon as Saturday, but as they say, time will tell...