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[GeorginaS]

Welcome home, Evo! It sounds like an adventurous hospital visit, even though short and compressed. I'm assuming you have someone staying with you, yes? To keep an eye on you and whatnot? (I know that the "whatnot" is the most important stuff.)

Your throat is concerning. However, as with everything else, I trust your judgment to figure out when to press for more help.

I'm glad you came through all intact.

 

[B. Elliott]

I called my surgeon's "back up" since he is off and asked her why no one was concerned about why I was progressivley having more pain and more difficulty swallowing. She said she didn't know. When the nurse reported that i could no longer swallow pills, she's the one that changed me to liquid pain killers. I asked her if it was normal for these blisters to develop and she said no, so I asked her what I should do and she said she didn't know.

Is it just me, or does it sound as though they didn't care one bit about your throat slowyly closing off? To me that's more serious than the surgery you just had!

Otherwise, glad to hear you came out OK Evo.

 

[~christina~]

I guess I'm late on the welcome back bandwagon.

I can't give any medical advice but you should make a racket about them not giving you more attention for that throat of yours.

 

[Astronuc]

I think the throat thing is getting serious, my throat is covered with red blisters, my fever is going up, and I have a red rash on my face. I called my surgeon's "back up" since he is off and asked her why no one was concerned about why I was progressivley having more pain and more difficulty swallowing. She said she didn't know. When the nurse reported that i could no longer swallow pills, she's the one that changed me to liquid pain killers. I asked her if it was normal for these blisters to develop and she said no, so I asked her what I should do and she said she didn't know. If I'm not better in the morning, I'm going to the emergency room.

Fever and red rash is not a good sign. I hope Evo Child will check on you in the morning. I'd be concerned about a staph infection, which could be very serious if it gets in the blood system. Does the doctor or hospital staff know about the fever AND red rash. If the fever is anything around 102 or over, that's serious.

I assume you're on antibiotics - I hope.

 

[chroot]

Sweetie, I'd just go to the ER now. You just had major surgery and are now presenting some form of infection! I'm so glad you're okay from the surgery itself, but don't take any chances with your recovery! Get to the ER stat!

- Warren

 

[Tsu]

YES! What Warren said! GO to the ER NOW! Please? Post Op fevers are not to be messed around with.

 

[turbo]

Do you think that Evo is going to follow reasonable guidelines? Her super-being mentality will let her ignore her own best self-interest. I wish I lived near, so I could kick her butt back to the hospital!

 

[rewebster]

I hope she went---my first thought was it could be something like MRSA--its prevalent in hospitals and its quick acting

 

[phyzmatix]

That wasn't a nurse, that was the SURGEON!

I have had similar experiences with doctors, where their "expertise" was painfully lacking. Give them hell Evo! You/your medical aid is paying these people disgusting salaries, let them earn it.

 

[Borek]

Glad to know you are back Evo, I have missed you by about half an hour (time zones thing). But it looks like we can be back to pacing

 

[George Jones]

Get better, and keep us updated.

 

[AhmedEzz]

Aww glad to hear you're ok Evo but worried about that fever & rash. I can't understand how the doctor doesn't "know" what is going on. You have to do something and not be a sitting duck.

Take care and keep us updated.

 

[hypatia]

Oh Evo, I was so happy to hear you made it home. Hope you went back to the ER, post-op infections can be really bad, and nothing to mess around with.
I better start pacing again...

 

[G01]

Please go back to the ER now, if you haven't already! I had an infection after I had my appendix out and it was pretty bad. Luckily antibiotics were enough to fix the problem. My point is, from personal experience I can say, if you think you have an infection from the operation, get it checked out as soon as possible because they are nothing to mess around with.

 

[Moonbear]

When it was just blisters that the doctor dismissed, I thought maybe it was from them poking around in there, or that they literally rubbed you the wrong way when giving you a trach. tube for the surgery, but this sounds like much more now.

The fever and rash are VERY concerning. If for some reason you haven't listened to everybody else yet, get to the ER NOW!

Just undergoing anesthesia can be enough stress on your body for an infection to flourish. And since they were poking around with your stomach and esophagus, you have open places for bugs to really sneak in and get where they don't belong. And, just so you take this seriously enough if you haven't yet, I AM going to scare you...infections in the throat, especially if they have places to get out to the other side as they would following surgery, have a pretty clear path to get all the way down into your chest to cause infection around the heart, or up to your brain to develop meningitis. Don't mess around waiting. It could be anything from serious post-op infection, an opportunistic bug that has just taken advantage of a weakened immune system due to stress, or an allergic reaction to medication you're on. Those are all potentially life threatening if you wait, so get to the ER and have them figure out what's wrong.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Surely the Evo child dragged her to the ER.

 

[Kurdt]

Since we haven't heard anything I'm sure we can assume she's done the sensible thing.

 

[Andre]

But that was the plan all the time anyway.

... If I'm not better in the morning, I'm going to the emergency room.

Crossing fingers.

 

[Borek]

Pacing faster...

 

[Tsu]

I think it's safe to assume that she's back in the hospital. Let's just think some good thoughts. We'll hear something soon (I hope).

 

[hypatia]

I will assume that, she is resting comfortably in a room with a very nice and quiet{Mrs Cleaver} room mate.

 

[Redbelly98]

Another scenario: her roommate is another evangelical and a non-stop talker to boot. "Honey, if y'all need me to be quiet why jest holler. Now as I wuz sayin, in Luke 10:20 the Lord sayeth unto the..."

Meanwhile, those throat sores prevent our friend from uttering a sound.

(All kidding aside, am hoping for the best.)

 

[Kurdt]

Is Harper Lee in the room?

 

[GeorginaS]

If Evo did go back to ER, I just wish she'd done it last night.

At any rate, back on watch, and I'll keep checking back and sending positive energies.

 

[lisab]

It's nerve-wracking...

 

[lisab]

Another scenario: her roommate is another evangelical and a non-stop talker to boot. "Honey, if y'all need me to be quiet why jest holler. Now as I wuz sayin, in Luke 10:20 the Lord sayeth unto the..."

Meanwhile, those throat sores prevent our friend from uttering a sound.

(All kidding aside, am hoping for the best.)

...with the TV on Fox News REALLY LOUD...!

 

[turbo]

...with the TV on Fox News REALLY LOUD...!

Could be worse...they could have a cable channel with back-to-back Dr. Phil. I HATE that pompous windbag. Oprah should crawl under a rock for giving him her show for a venue.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was imagining banjos.

 

[turbo]

Oh, no! The Darling family visits Charlene in Evo's semi-private room and Evo never gets to hear "Slimy River Bottom" because that song makes Charlene cry.

 

[GeorginaS]

I was imagining banjos.

Dueling ones?

 

[Math Is Hard]

someone's handing Evo an empty jug about now and saying, "just jump in where you can, little lady, and try to hang on."

 

[binzing]

Ok, everyone has to get some kind of instant messaging. I NEED TO CHAT!

Welcome back, hope you get well soon. Might I suggest an IRC server? Then everyone culd just get a messenger like Trillian, or an IRC specific one, and then we could all meet on there, whenever. Hell, isn't the chat here an IRC? We could just use it without the built in interface.

 

[turbo]

Welcome back, hope you get well soon. Might I suggest an IRC server? Then everyone culd just get a messenger like Trillian, or an IRC specific one, and then we could all meet on there, whenever. Hell, isn't the chat here an IRC? We could just use it without the built in interface.

Pretty sure that the PF chat is a Java-driven feature...

 

[turbo]

someone's handing Evo an empty jug about now and saying, "just jump in where you can, little lady, and try to hang on."

Brisco!

 

[turbo]

someone's handing Evo an empty jug about now and saying, "just jump in where you can, little lady, and try to hang on."

Actually, it's pretty darned hard to tune a jug properly when it's empty. Of course, it could be pretty tough to tune a jug properly if it's real full, unless you have a lot of helpers to take some of the load.

BTW, my little brother bought a nice larger boat with a center console and and electric-start motor, bilge pump, etc, so I have taken possession of my father's old WTGrant light-weight aluminum boat AND (ta-daa!) his ~1960 Evinrude Lightwin 3. A friend of mine is performing a re-build on the motor, and I hope to have it back soon. What a sweet set-up! I've been pretty much concentrating on pond-fishing with canoes, but this outfit will get me back onto rivers, lakes and larger ponds. If my wife had this combo, I'd have to marry her all over again.