Home!

Well Ashley came home last night.  Glad to get her out of there (hospital) she actually came to our house for the weekend to rest and figure out life in the mean time with drains and how to keep the kids from yanking on them. We'll figure it out.  Sunday or Monday we'll get her home to the kids, everyone misses each other but are doing very well.
Yesterday was typical of this place recently.  Ashley had both kids at this hospital and throughout everyone and the care was exceptional.  This stay has been a qualified disaster.  Around noon she was told she could go home if she felt up to it.  Carolyn and I got there about 4:30 and her discharge paperwork was being "worked".  She also had to have her PIC line removed and was required to lay down for an hour before she could get up a move again.  Carolyn and I went to get a bite to eat.  We returned around 7:00 and still waiting on the paperwork. Her PIC line was removed around 6:15.  I asked the charge nurse on the status of her discharge and got the 1000 yard stare.  I took a deep breath and calmly and politely advised her I have had it with this place, who was responsible to get it done? why wasn't it done? and someone better get it done immediately.  The previous shift dumped everything on this shift and left! This is just a small minor example of the incompetence we've dealt with. 
Anyway, that's behind us, Ashley is slowly feeling better, has an appointment in a week and may get a drain removed then.  Once the Drs. think she's up to another surgery to attach her small intestine to her liver.

Just Damn... again.

Well not sure exactly what happens now with Ashley.
Day before yesterday they inserted a wire and drain through her liver to the bile ducts in order to install a stint. Well whatever the first incompetent Dr. did is not allowing that to be done.  Its suspected the first Dr. cut the duct when removing her gallbladder, and/or the three staples the Dr. used punctured the duct.  So as of yesterday, the plan was to send her home with drains hanging out of her for 4-6 weeks to give her intestines a chance to recover and then return for surgery.  That could mean attaching removing the staples and attaching directly to her small intestines.  With that being said... anyone know a malpractice attorney!  If somehow a badguy did this to my daughter I would be arrested for police brutality.  (I'm pissed)

Just Damn!

Hi all!  time for a past due update on what's been going on. First, Carolyn has had two good scans and is doing great.  Next scan is in a few weeks.  Although I just read under Obamination Care, cancer treatments are subject to panel reviews (they don't exist according to the govt.)  must be a misprint.
Anyway, we had a great vacation with Ashley, Josh and the grandkids although cut short by a stomach ache that turned out to be a serious gallbladder inflammation that required it to be taken out.  A week later Ashley is worse than before, she has a bile leak (not uncommon) which required an ERCP (you can google it) well the Dr. couldn't fix it so they kept her over night to try again, still no luck! So the surgeons have been called in and she will have another procedure to fix the leak. Hopefully this will get it, poor girl has hardly eaten a thing in over a week. So cutting this short so I can get to the Hosp. this morning.  Take Care!