Thursday, October 11, 2007

Tubes here Tubes there Tubes everywhere

I have been in the hospital now for 10 days. It is getting to be a long stay. I have several tubes and will be gettting an exciting new one soon. So far I have my PICC line with two tubes (one for normal IV and one for TPN). I have also been catheterized so I have a tube coming out. The exciting news is that on Friday I will have surgery to place a gastrojejunostomy tube for feeding. I can no longer eat or drink without getting sick so the tube will allow me to bypass my stomach for feedings. I am feeling sick a lot of the time and I am hoping that resting my tummy will help. It is a hard time for me right now and I'm not sure where things will go from here, but I'm hanging on. I will post again after surgery.

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