scrapperjade
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Sigh. She's STILL in the hospital, and will be there for at least the next 3 days.
Last week she had her body cavity drained of the leaking bile, which made her feel a lot better. But then her surgeon (who is not her regular doctor/surgeon) decided that her body would heal itself. When she started feeling bad again, he was like "Wait and see, wait and see, it might heal itself". So he did nothing. And now she's BACK in Edmonton (she has been in Westlock - her hometown's small hospital) getting her body cavity drained, and a surgeon there had to fix the hole inside that was leaking because it WASN'T going to heal itself, like her other surgeon was convinced it was.
VENT NOW:
I am so frustrated!!! And worried! And mad at her surgeon! BILE IS TOXIC. It should NOT be floating around in her body! A surgeon of all people should KNOW this, and want to do something about it! She has had to be on high doses of morphine for 1.5 weeks already, plus a heavy antibiotic so that her body doesn't develop massive infections from the bile doing damage to the organs its floating around. SO while her stupid a$$ surgeon is "Waiting to see", her other organs (heart, kidneys, liver, intestines, veins, arteries, everything) are being subjected to a toxin, and who knows WHAT damage those might sustain?? So much so that she could develop a massive body infection?? And he's doing NOTHING?!?!??! They've decided that they are firing him as a surgeon and will hopefully get one that is competant. I'll be amazed if they don't end up suing his stupid a$$! I hope they do! *Bree hasn't said ANYTHING about suing, I'm just making that comment because thats what I would do* As for how the hole got there, it could have been that the surgeon himself did a sloppy job or that Bree did some lifting she wasn't supposed to about 5 days post-op. I'm leaning toward the sloppy job after hearing the latest developments.
Sorry for the vent, but it feels good to get it out. I'm so worried about the chance that she may be facing other challenges in her future if her other organs are compromised because of a doctor's error...
Last week she had her body cavity drained of the leaking bile, which made her feel a lot better. But then her surgeon (who is not her regular doctor/surgeon) decided that her body would heal itself. When she started feeling bad again, he was like "Wait and see, wait and see, it might heal itself". So he did nothing. And now she's BACK in Edmonton (she has been in Westlock - her hometown's small hospital) getting her body cavity drained, and a surgeon there had to fix the hole inside that was leaking because it WASN'T going to heal itself, like her other surgeon was convinced it was.
VENT NOW:
I am so frustrated!!! And worried! And mad at her surgeon! BILE IS TOXIC. It should NOT be floating around in her body! A surgeon of all people should KNOW this, and want to do something about it! She has had to be on high doses of morphine for 1.5 weeks already, plus a heavy antibiotic so that her body doesn't develop massive infections from the bile doing damage to the organs its floating around. SO while her stupid a$$ surgeon is "Waiting to see", her other organs (heart, kidneys, liver, intestines, veins, arteries, everything) are being subjected to a toxin, and who knows WHAT damage those might sustain?? So much so that she could develop a massive body infection?? And he's doing NOTHING?!?!??! They've decided that they are firing him as a surgeon and will hopefully get one that is competant. I'll be amazed if they don't end up suing his stupid a$$! I hope they do! *Bree hasn't said ANYTHING about suing, I'm just making that comment because thats what I would do* As for how the hole got there, it could have been that the surgeon himself did a sloppy job or that Bree did some lifting she wasn't supposed to about 5 days post-op. I'm leaning toward the sloppy job after hearing the latest developments.
Sorry for the vent, but it feels good to get it out. I'm so worried about the chance that she may be facing other challenges in her future if her other organs are compromised because of a doctor's error...
This is just so horrible. 
