...pun intended. Sigmoidoscopy day. Don't know what that is? Check it out here: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sigmoidoscopy.htm
Kevin is sick as can be from the anesthetic today. It's a 49 mile drive from Bethesda North to our house and he vomited for 42 of those miles.
We'll add Bethesda's outpatient surgery center, along with the gastroenterologist, to our list of "don'ts." It's like a cattle call in there; people being released before they should, still far beyond groggy from sedation, sick. No contact with the patient from surgery time until they wheel this sick, still mostly asleep person out to the curb where you've been exiled to meet them. Surgery nurses and volunteers are nice enough but the hospital's emphasis is clearly on head count.
Gastroenterologist reiterated that the colon needs to be resected. He actually bad mouthed Kevin's surgeon a bit then backed off when I took exception to it.
I've already contacted Kev's surgeon's office in Lafayette and made arrangements for them to review all of this when Dr. Francis returns from Africa.
Kevin is finally sleeping well without waking to vomit every 15 minutes. We'll let you know how things go.
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