Thursday, January 5, 2012

Back to the hospital

Wouldn't you know it. If something can go wrong, it seems to.

Apparently the "omentum" is attached or wrapped around the catheter. The surgeon
will have to make about a 3 inch incision, go in and remove the omentum, and at that
time he can also adjust the placement of the catheter, if need.

So G has to report to the hospital at 5:30 AM on Monday. They say he will probably
have to stay overnight...we hope not.

He is at hemo dialysis now. He will see if he can also get a session on Sat., so he won't have
to get one in the hospital...hopefully.

Here is the link to wikipedia if you want to know more about the anatomy of the Peritoneum.
click here

Also, G had a nose bleed this morning, so apparently the heparin which has been put into the
fluid for the dialysis has caused his blood to get too thin. He will have to quit taking the
blood thinners before surgery anyway, so hopefully his INR (which indicates how thin his blood is) will drop down enough by Monday that it won't be a problem for the surgery.

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