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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2370 on: January 17, 2013, 02:43:49 PM »
Thanks for your thoughts everyone.

They're doing a biospy first, rather than go into the major surgery -  and will go from there.

When my sister got into her car accident, she was just 20 years old and she was hundreds of miles from home, no family near by, in a strange place, no idea what was going on, in and out of consciousness, needing immediate, urgent, major surgery not even sure how the accident happened (turns out the kid that was driving fell asleep and they went tumbling off the side of a mountain in West Virgina. ) - and had to get airlifted, first to another major hospital in North Carolina and eventually back to Massachusetts. She was extremely, extremely lucky to have lived, spending  a long time in a wheelchair and needing years of PT.  

So she's actually taking this little "blip" all in stride,- as  here she is, in a hospital 20 minutes from home in a small private hospital, her own family doctor taking care of her -this is easy for her!    Even with the unknowns!
 
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2371 on: January 17, 2013, 02:44:38 PM »
Quick update from me - still waiting around.


Hope you get some news soon. Nothing worse than waiting for medical answers  :-\\\\
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2372 on: January 17, 2013, 05:08:24 PM »
What an ongoing nightmare for your sister, PB! Hope it's resolved soon and she can get on with her life.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2373 on: January 17, 2013, 09:58:30 PM »
Well nothing yet on my sister- she had her biospy done at 9 am eastern US time and just phoned and no results back at all from the labs or anything.  So I'll go to bed and wake up wondering... 
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2374 on: January 18, 2013, 03:03:28 PM »
Well, biospy came back with nothing sinister.  So it looks like a hematoma and infection -so antibiotics (they managed to find one yesterday that didn't make her break out in hives) - and hot compresses, pain meds - and a follow up early next week.  Whee! She's getting out of hospital today!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2375 on: January 18, 2013, 03:21:27 PM »
Yay! So glad it's nothing serious.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2376 on: January 18, 2013, 04:15:47 PM »
That's a relief, PB. Hope all goes well.
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2377 on: January 19, 2013, 09:32:30 AM »
Well, biospy came back with nothing sinister.  So it looks like a hematoma and infection -so antibiotics (they managed to find one yesterday that didn't make her break out in hives) - and hot compresses, pain meds - and a follow up early next week.  Whee! She's getting out of hospital today!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2378 on: January 19, 2013, 10:19:21 AM »
That's great news PB!!!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2379 on: January 19, 2013, 06:11:08 PM »
Very wonderful news!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2380 on: January 19, 2013, 06:33:11 PM »
Well, biospy came back with nothing sinister.  So it looks like a hematoma and infection -so antibiotics (they managed to find one yesterday that didn't make her break out in hives) - and hot compresses, pain meds - and a follow up early next week.  Whee! She's getting out of hospital today!
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2381 on: January 19, 2013, 06:34:55 PM »
Thanks everyone for all your good thoughts, I am definitely feeling much better for my sister now!  :-*
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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2382 on: January 19, 2013, 07:04:35 PM »
Great news, PB!


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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2383 on: January 23, 2013, 05:02:27 PM »
Oh my goodness, PB, so glad things have worked out for your sister! 


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Re: Worse Than An IA
« Reply #2384 on: January 23, 2013, 05:11:21 PM »
Thanks -

Well.... my sister, unfortunately, isn't in great shakes still....
 
She's still in a great deal of pain and made it back to the ER on Monday night.  She's not in hospital, but she's meeting with a surgeon right now - they think she may need it still.   :-\\\\
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