Post Surgery UPDATE:
Cory’s doctor (a Red Sox fan) removed a softball-sized hematoma (collection of blood) from the shoulder which was most probably a source of his constant pain and maybe future source of infection. He’s now in recovery and will be able to come home later today, which is a good thing because he seems to have been assigned to some of the most inattentive nurses in Virginia.
The good news is Cory had the staples removed today, and the swelling is way done, ahead of schedule.
The bad news is Cory has a ‘deep infection’ in his shoulder and his doctor wants to clean it out before it contaminates the bone graft, so… shoulder surgery (again) at 8am Saturday.
Bob, this is not good
Keeping good thoughts and prayers …
yikes…hopefully again, all goes well. must be such a thing for his system to accept, it must’ve freaked out and tried to protect itself from what his system thought was a problem
is that what the docs said? if not, what did they think caused the infection?
Blessings to you and Cory.
Thoughts and prayers going up for speedy healing.
I am sorry to hear that.
First and foremost, remain positive. Once the doctor clears the infection, it will be as much Cory’s attitude, as a bit of luck, that will ensure a full and uneventful recovery.
I hope the second time will be the charm.
Good luck to Cory and his doctor.
Make sure he gets a course of some good antibiotics as well.
Sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery.
n.n is right, attitude is half the battle when sick or injured.
I hope and pray it’s just an infection and not MRSA, that’s nasty stuff, and is most likely found in a hospital.
A buddy of mine almost lost an arm to it, and K’s sis died from it, both contracted this nasty virus in a hospital.
Keep your chins up to both of you Bob and Cory. Check out MRSA (sometimes aka mersa) in your free time. With knowledge comes power, or at least knowledge!
Another friend of mine also got clots in his lung while under anesthesia for four hours before the surgeon showed up to remove some golf-ball sized kidney stones. It seems that blood-thinners and waiting for the body to reabsorb the clots were all they could do.
Best wishes!
When it rains, it pours. Hopefully, this will be the end of it. He’s tough, so he’ll beat it and be up and around soon.
Cory, I’ll be praying for you. I spent most of last summer unable to do very much because of a leg injury/infection. Remember not to go wild on the first two days that you feel back to normal.
You’ll wipe yourself out.
Also, I don’t think I ever read: Have you been doing one-armed filming while you’ve been injured?
I beat a nasty flesh-eating infection two years ago.
Cory can and will beat it, too.
He’s already in our prayer basket.
Cory, we’re all holding you in our hearts. Hope you have a speedy recovery. If you have an appetite, indulge in a couple of decadent treats. (And no, I’m not talking about nurses!)
Bob, that is too funny that the Doc was a Red Sox fan! Good times for you guys. Very frightening to hear it was a SOFTBAL SIZE hematoma…good lord. glad things went ok, I think Cory is definitely beeing looked out for from above. regarding the inattentive nurses, shit…looks like ObamaCare is slowly creeping into some hospitals!
Unfortunately, there are just craptastic nurses out there. Nurses who make me want to vomit because I know how little attention they pay to their patients. And just try to be different when you are in one of the organizations that has that mindset (doesn’t have to be the whole hospital… every unit/floor has its own distinct personality, which even differs between dayshift and nightshift.) I actually got a poor review one year because I “spent too much time with the patients”…. um, usually I was in educating the parents on how to care for their child, or just letting them vent because they really needed to after a few days of worrying sick about their child. I asked the manager, “Did it cause me to miss a single treatment, medication, or procedure? Was I ever behind on my charting? Did I ever even clock out late?” Um… no to all of the above. They just didn’t like the fact that I spent time with the patients/families instead of hanging out at the nurses’ station watching youtube like the rest of them.
I have walked in on IV pumps beeping because the bag of fluids emptied out. That’s always a mess because it takes me forever to get the line reprimed (sometimes I just give up and put all new tubing on it, it’s faster!) And since I work on kids, even 30 minutes of a dry line can mean the entire IV has gone bad and I have to start a new one. (That’s always a fun way to start a night shift!)
I have seen medications not given (but marked as if they are), assessments written up without the nurse having seen the patient… (always fun when they chart an IV line that no longer is in place… or a chest tube…)