TERRY
Terry had OP this morning and it lasted all of 12 minutes! Don't really know what that was. The feeding tube will be looked at today at 1:30 and we are hoping that it will be OKed by Dr. Cohen to come out soon. Terry has spent the better part of the last few days in bed.
Today I feel like I could use a 3 hour nap! I did sleep until 7:15 but yes my nights lately have been sleep some and then be awake for a while. I did have tennis at 8:00 this morning so did not have my FP or breakfast
Terry needed some assistance and here I am several hours later with news. With Terry's 1:30 doctor appointment we found out that Dr. Cohen was willing to take the feeding tube out BUT had some warnings for us. He said we may want to wait for a couple more weeks as we would not want to take it out and then see Terry's health decline. Terry was sure that she was ready to have it out. After finding a room with a table that could be lowered for Terry to get on the procedure was on. Dr. Cohen took some fluid out and that deflated what was keep it in. He counted to three and presto tube was out!!! Terry could feel it a bit as it came out. There is NO repairing the hole as it closes itself up in a short time. There is a pad over the hole and we will just watch it over the next few days but doctor said it is amazing how fast it heals up. He said if a person wanted to put a tube back in the same hole in just a few hours it would not be possible as it would be healing already. So that is it, no more feeding or meds through the tube. Terry said she does not feel any different but I think it is a BIG step in the right direction. But of course she now needs to eat enough.
Here it is 6:20 so I will close and perhaps have more tomorrow. Terry did have OT today and the session was all of 23 minutes. Not sure what that was about. AND of course the FP was finished about 8 hours ago.
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