I saw my doctor yesterday for my long-awaited appointment and assessment. He did a CT Scan, which looked surprisingly good. Based on that, he moved me from the Emergency Surgery list to the Urgent Surgery list and scheduled me for this Thursday, with one glitch.
Because of my blood clotting disorders, he referred me to a Hematologist, who I saw today. The final decision whether or not it was safe to operate he left to the Blood Specialist.
After a VERY long visit with the Hematologist (who refuted practically everything I've ever been told about my blood disorder), he had a conference call with my ENT. They decided to proceed with surgery, although I am at risk somewhat for blood clots. He also put me on the injectable form of blood thinner I had to take while pregnant with Daelyn. I will have to take it starting tonight and up till the day of surgery, then discontinue for 2 days and restart for another week.
He also had some concerns whether or not my doctors actually read my previous test results accurately. He is running a full gamet of tests on me himself. He took 16 vials of blood. The Lab Tech came into the room with two handfuls of vials and his supervisor who asked if I'd be alright having that much blood drawn. She brought me a Coke to drink while he worked on filling the vials, which took a good while.
So, I now have a Hematologist and am facing surgery Thursday morning. The recovery time is supposed to be one week, but a friend told me today that her mother had the same surgery several months ago and it took her two weeks. I guess we'll see - soon.
I've got to go make the bed. Washing sheets, dusting, trying to get my bedroom and bathroom REALLY clean so I can recover from surgery without breathing in dust. Don tried to go to bed and our sheets and comforter are in the dryer, so I better get to work.
Lots to do to prepare.
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I know everything will go fine. We will keep you in our prayers!
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