Horror Flix

Yesterday we had Freddie Kruger and Edward Scissorhands doing their best Mack the Knife on Renee’s veins. Renee said, “put in the blog that Freddie’s got pretty eyes.” Yeah, he was dreamy all right, and, he’s oh so cute while he’s stabbing the life out of you.

Today we’ve switched over to comedy. The stoma nurse was having a little trouble attaching a new bag. It was like the guys from Three Men & a Baby trying to change a diaper. Stuff was squirting everywhere. She’s telling Renee not to laugh because its increasing output. Every time she thought she had it under control, blurp there goes another one. She’d get it all dry and ready for the seal to be applied, blurp there goes another one. It continued on like this for a while, maybe a little too long like many of the Saturday Night Live skits. Renee finally stopped spouting long enough to pouch that thing up.

But we’re sure glad the horror show is over. The nefrologist said that the kidney has begun functioning and is expected to increase its productivity and return to normal. Renee’s pain and suffering, aside from normal post-op, are twofold, one is dehydration and the second is a urinary tract infection. Renee’s output from the stoma was too high. She could not eat and drink enough to keep up with it. The extra pains were being caused by the UTI, which was brought on by the catheter in Cleveland, but were misread by the patient as normal post op pain. The increased discomfort reduced her appetite further and brought on the dehydration.

They’re encouraging eating and drinking and backing it up with pain meds, fluids and antibiotics. They’re going to make sure everything is working and that they have the output stabilized before release. We’re looking at Friday most likely. Just in time for the weekend. Maybe we’ll take in a nice movie.