Surgery Update-a-thon

Welcome to gall bladder removal day....at least the third surgery that Trish has had in her struggle with AML and all of its effects.

I woke up early this morning (really I did), Trish called my cell a few times while I was in the shower to tell me they were coming at 6:30 instead of 7, but I was in her room by 6am and they didn't come till closer to 6:45.

Trish received a ton of platlets last night. They brought her platelet count up from 48 to about 122. Her INR (the bleeding coagulation time) was at 1.0 which is an improvement over the last time they had of 1.3. Dr. G told us that this is also one of the measures they look at to determine liver failure -- so o know that this improved and IS in the normal range is a good thing.

They wheeled Trish from Weinberg into Blalock, the original surgcal center on the 7th floor. I was kind of hoping they could do the surgery in the Weinberg surgical center -- it's newer, has a prep room before surgery and a better waiting room for me. BUT as this was a last minue scheduled procedure we had to settle for Blalock -- there's more operating rooms.

This time the let me wheel into the OR area with Trish and I was able to wait outside the OR with her before they brought her in to prep. At about 7:30 they brought her in to start the prep. They likely won't start the operation until 8:30 (afer the prep work is done and she is put to sleep). The nurse will let me know when the start the procedure, but for now I am in the waiting room.

I'll post updates as I get them. Trish is expected to be in surgery till about 11am or so and she will stay in the surgical ICU tonight. the nurse says she will have an intermediate care bed in the ICU -- this means that they don't expect her to need very critical care and the ICU stay is more precautionary. By morning, they should move her back to her room in Weinberg 5B.

Stay tuned. Keep praying. Thank you.