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Dam girl,
So sorry your having so much trouble, ive got a
wound vac for sores on my butt. To tell the truth I don't see much
advantage over wet to dry dressings, but im up in the chair all day. Mite
work better if I would stay off it.
Silas
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Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 4:58 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] 2nd hosp trip and
advice needed
Well I thought things were on the up and up and it turns out I had a set
back. My incision got infected. I had some drainage, I called the doc
and he sent me to the local ER since I had the surgery by him in Hopkins 2 and
1/2 hrs away. He told me they would open the incision and drain it and
made me aware that it was no big deal. It turned out to be a big
deal. I went and the local docs didn't want to touch me so they arranged
an ambulance ride back to Hopkins (actually bay view, an annex of
Hopkins). They opened my incision and hooked me up to a wound
vac. I was there for 3 days and 2 of the days were waiting for
medicare and medicaid to approve the wound vac and nursing care at home.
What a joke. They will pay for 2 extra days of hospital stay but
wont cover the wound vac and nursing care right away to avoid the cost of
being in a hospital. I honestly wish I knew that it would be another
hospital stay, I would have done my bowel prep at home b/c it was the night
for me to do it b/c of course they never got a commode chair for me. I
ended up doing the bowel prep in bed and I had my first accident since
paralysis the day after I did the suppository. I have to do my program
on the commode for me to completely empty. I was so mad b/c I was
sitting up when it happened and now I fear a UTI b/c it got around the
catheter. (I still have the foley while stoma heals). I hope I don�t get
one but I get UTI's a lot. I also would have taken a shower b/c I hadnt
washed my hair in a couple of days and we all know that we are not going to be
offered a shower or given one when we ask b/c it would just be too much
work. I asked and they offered me the no rinse shampoo cap to wash my
hair and a basin of water to wash up. UGH. Frustration has
ultimately taken it's toll when the PA came in to activate the stoma so I
wouldn't have to go back up Monday. She filled my bladder through the
foley and inserted the catheter through the stoma and there weren't any
results. I'm ready to freak out. They said it could be there is
still swelling and don�t worry we'll try again in a week and it should
work. I�m really worried about all of this. This surgery has
turned into a nightmare. The wound is still quite large and deep.
I'm looking at about a month of healing time and praying the stoma works when
I go back up at the end of next week. does anyone have any words of
wisdom with the wound vac and/or the stoma. I'm worried on both
accounts. I will be writing a letter to the hospital about the commode
situation. That is not an issue, they will be hearing from me.
Thanks in advance
Stacy
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