Dad has some leakage from the site of his incision on his pillow this morning. The residents have already come in early this morning and are "on top" of dealing with this issue. This is apparently fairly common. They are hoping that it is not spinal fluid, but they are not sure what it is exactly yet. They are putting a bandage back on the incision. The doctor said that if it is just regular bodily fluid (he called it something fancy) that the bandage should take care of it, but if it is spinal fluid that when the bandage is removed there might still be leakage. They are just watching and waiting right now. If it is something more crucial, they may have to go in and do surgery. We are a little fuzzy on what is happening, but I will try to blog when we get updated again.
Please say a prayer for poppa John!
Thanks.
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HI, I hope the doctors have everything under control by now and you can breathe a little easier again. I have been reading all your blogs to Mary & James, they are very concerned and wanted me to let you know they were willing to do whatever your family needs. We are all still praying that everything will improve and John will be his old self SOON. Love t all. Retha
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ReplyDeleteThank you for reading the blogs to Uncle James & Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary is very good about trying to help always. I think everything at home is taken care of, but please tell her thank you. I hope this matter gets resolved too as it is scary waiting to hear if he will have to have another operation or not. Thank you for your prayers and support! We appreciate that so much. Tell your family hello for me and tells James & Mary hi and that we love them.