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One step forward......two steps back

Jasdip
9 years ago

Grrr, hubby has had a fair bit of trouble following his prostate removal surgery. He has a catheter and it's causing him grief.

We spent the nite at our local ER, he was doubled over in pain and his "rigging" wasn't draining fluently. And when it did, it was bright red with blood. His one leg and foot were also swollen.

Blood work, urine samples etc etc. He has a urine infection and they wanted to do an ultrasound on his leg for blood clots. Trouble was, they don't work overnite so we had to wait till 8am when they opened. We went in at 11:30 last nite......hubby woke me with his cries of pain, and he's been sleeping in the recliner. We got home at 10:15 this morning.

Good news, no blood clots, but he's somewhat anemic now. His normally dark complexion is pale. :(

His leg bag is still red, seems every time he moves around it triggers bleeding.

The GOOD news is that the surgeon bumped the removal of the apparatus and his staples to tomorrow instead of Friday, just a fluke, nothing to do with hubby's irritations.

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