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Re: CD Member in Hospital
Karen is still in the hospital. Tomorrow (9/10) she will have been in for three weeks. She is back on IV medication because the oral wasn't doing the job and was having undesirable side effects. The side effects still haven't gone away, but we are hoping it is just because it takes time to get the stuff out of her system. She is healthier overall, but the problem area is just as bad as before, if not worse.
The doctors are starting to talk about surgery. Removing the problem part will solve the current issues. But doing so will also cause other issues and has lifelong ramifications. It isn't like they can put it back once it is gone.
Karen seems to be in pretty good spirits and we are learning the hospital ropes. It took us two weeks to figure out that my son and I could go to the cafeteria and get food and then bring it down to Karen's room so we can all eat together. Yesterday her case worker came by with still more paperwork and Karen commented that they really should give patients a folder for all of it. The caseworker said "Didn't you get one when you checked in?" and gave her one. There was a sheet in it all about parking, eating with the patient, and a host of other things that we had to figure out by ourselves. Oh well, what are engineers for but to figure things out?
Each patient in her section of the hospital gets a bulletin board to post things on. Karen's is covered with e-mails from CD people and church people. I'm not sure which group is "winning" at the moment. I'd make it a contest but I'm not sure the desk people would be able to cope with the flood you guys and gals could generate if you really got going. I'm not sure how helpful it would be either. One or two e-mails a day is enough to let her know she has not been forgotten, which is what she needs right now.
Thanks for asking
ChrisH
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Christopher H Husmann, PE
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