When you thought it couldn't get worse ......

The last two mornings have been difficult, and I have not improved much as the day's progressed! The tests yesterday now show that I have pneumonia too!

So if a bed is available, I'm back in again (Wed) - the 5th time I think!! - watch this space - Roger

Roger was not progressing and this was due to a fistula (a what?), which had formed in his body, just in front of the bowel, as far as we can make out.

Anyway! it had a pool of fluid in this area, which was poisoning Roger and thwarting all our efforts to make him healthy again. Roger and I have always known this, but the hospital doctors didn't seem to get excited about it. They kept saying that it will drain in it's own time. Only last Wednesday when we went to see the consultant in out patient follow up clinic,did they suddenly seem to cotton on to the severity of the problem.

The next day, being Christmas eve, our GP diagnosed that Roger had Pneumonia as well. She has been pushing for something to be done about the fluids/fistula situation, and suddenly we got a call from the consultant's secretary saying he wants Roger in the following day for surgery if he's well enough.

Well! we got him in (all weak and wobbly!) and he went straight to theatre. He was back a little over an hour later, looking so much better. He immediately requested a three course lunch and proceeded to devour it. Now! I have been for weeks and weeks trying to get as little as 1 ounce of protein a day down his throat, and failing miserably, (just wouldn't touch it) so to hear him requesting food was music to my ears!

Now I hope he stays in until the new year as there was talk of a blood transfusion to really get his "starter for ten" going. Maybe we can have a re-run of Christmas?

Suzanne