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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2006Further kilikini Update! (plus get well card info)
Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have her up and walking around a bit a couple of times tomorrow. For anyone who wanted to send her a card, he anticipates by the time a card could reach the hospital they'll probably be home, especially with the U.S. holiday tomorrow. So if you'd like to send her a get well or best wishes card, please just email me and I'll give you her home address. My email address is not munged. Continued thanks for all the purrs. They didn't expect her to be doing as well as she apparently is so quickly (but then again, with the morphine drip... LOL) Jill Woo hooooooo! I'm so happy for her. I can't believe they'd have her up already, but I know they try to get people moving around quickly. Hope she's home soon and that Nurse Pua helps her feel better. Rhonda > Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy > is doing much better than expected. > Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy > is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have her up and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jill That is very good news. Continued prayers for a full recovery. > Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. > Christy is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Jill That's great news! I'm sure it will help when she's home with her husband and clowder.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy >is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have her up and >walking around a bit a couple of times tomorrow. Great news! She obviously wants to get home to the furry masters and mistresses Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy >is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have her up and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Jill Never underestimate the power of the purr! Continued purrs for Christy's recovery. Randy http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1 http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/ >>Just got off the phone with her husband who is back at the motel. Christy >>is doing much better than expected. The staff plans to have her up and >>walking around a bit a couple of times tomorrow. I remember they got me up the next day. I know why they do it, it's to try and prevent embolisms. However, it is agonising to try to walk and I nearly hit the nurse that made me do it, which is not like me at all. Christy is likely to feel like this too. I hope she has the morphine drip for as long as she needs it. I only had mine for 24 hours and it wasn't enough. >>For anyone who wanted to send her a card, he anticipates by the time a >>card [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>well as she apparently is so quickly (but then again, with the morphine >>drip... LOL) LOL? It isn't funny, Jill. Imagine unimaginable pain that seems to burn all your body up so you wish to die. And when you press your morphine drip to give you a dose to try and take it away it only lasts for 15 minutes and you need it to last an hour at least. Tell Christy I am thinking about her and I have an idea what she has gone though, but I know she will get over it eventually. I am certain about that. If I can get over what I had last year, so can she. Tweed > Never underestimate the power of the purr! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/ > I remember they got me up the next day. I know why they do it, it's to > try and prevent embolisms. However, it is agonising to try to walk and I > nearly hit the nurse that made me do it, which is not like me at all. > Christy is likely to feel like this too. I hope she has the morphine drip > for as long as she needs it. I only had mine for 24 hours and it wasn't > enough. I remember also being forced to get up the day after abdominal surgery and wanting to hit a nurse!! It was particularly bad because I refused pain meds. I wanted morphine instead of whatever synthetic crap they offered, and they wouldn't give it to me, so I took nothing. >> I remember they got me up the next day. I know why they do it, it's to >> try and prevent embolisms. However, it is agonising to try to walk and I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >instead of whatever synthetic crap they offered, and they wouldn't give it >to me, so I took nothing. Mom had knee replacement last month, was on morphine, and the original plan was to have her up and shuffling around her room the afternoon of her surgery. (change of plan - they ended up giving her a spinal for the surgery so they could give her pain meds all along instead of waiting until she woke up. That caused the change in plan, because they had to wait 18-24 hours for the spinal to wear off before getting her up. So they had her up and shuffling around the next day instead) Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com >> I remember they got me up the next day. I know why they do it, it's to >> try and prevent embolisms. However, it is agonising to try to walk and I >> nearly hit the nurse that made me do it, which is not like me at all. >> Christy is likely to feel like this too. I hope she has the morphine >> drip for as long as she needs it. I only had mine for 24 hours and it >> wasn't enough. > I remember also being forced to get up the day after abdominal surgery and > wanting to hit a nurse!! I was okay about it, creeping across the ward on a nurse's arm a few inches at a time until she said "do you always walk like this?" That's when I went ballistic. > It was particularly bad because I refused pain meds. I wanted morphine > instead of whatever synthetic crap they offered, and they wouldn't give it > > to me, so I took nothing. That's what I call cutting off your nose to spite your face. I found that morphine didn't exactly stop the pain, more that it made me not care much about it. It's not a magic solution, IME. I'm hoping that Christy is much more comfortable now. Tweed > I was okay about it, creeping across the ward on a nurse's arm > a few inches at a time until she said "do you always walk like > this?" That's when I went ballistic. Well, who can blame you? That has to win a prize somewhere for Most Stupid Question. "Um, no, usually I am not just beginning recovery from major surgery - what do you think??" Joyce > > I was okay about it, creeping across the ward on a nurse's arm > > a few inches at a time until she said "do you always walk like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Stupid Question. "Um, no, usually I am not just beginning recovery > from major surgery - what do you think??" It shares joint first with a friend of mine's experience. He was crossing the road and a car came out of nowhere, hit him and threw him several feet. When he landed his humerus was sticking out of the shoulder join about 6 inches and the driver ran up and said "Are you okay?" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> > I was okay about it, creeping across the ward on a nurse's arm >> > a few inches at a time until she said "do you always walk like [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs A friend of mine once had a motorcyle accident where he hit a fence and was catapulted across the road. When some said "are you alright" he said "sure, I'm just wondering what to do for an encore". SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach you might want to stop reading now... -Rhonda -------------------------------------------------------- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2006 07:45 PM, CST This is Carol. Just got off the phone with Christy, and have some news and corrections for you. Christy died on the operating table and was resuscitated. Her lung was nicked during surgery, but the doctors don't feel that it will cause any problems. She spent three hours in recovery while they made sure that her breathing was regulated. When they patched over the hole in her chest with abdominal muscle, they cut one end of the muscle, then pushed the muscle from her right abdomen up across her torso (under the skin) and attached the cut end up at her chest. According to Allan, they 'skinned her like a rabbit.' She's hurtin' for certain. Speaking of pain, she hasn't ever been given morphine. The IV pain medication she was receiving was Dilaudid. Her IV was removed today, so she's taking pain pills now. She said at one point that she thought it might be Demoral, which is what she'll be taking when she's released from the hospital. She's having some problems with aphasia (the right word is in her head, but the wrong word comes out of her mouth) since starting the oral painkiller. It's very frustrating for both her and Allan. Christy's plastic surgeon wasn't able to do the complete breast reconstruction at the time of surgery. She'll have to go back in a few months to get things straightened out. Literally. She said she's very red, sore, and swollen. It also appears that she has a bladder infection. Christy prays that she'll get to go home tomorrow, but from my experience, they usually don't do a lot of discharges on weekends. We'll have to see. Her pathology report is due to come back on Monday, and she'll find out whether or not they feel confident about getting the entire tumor. I'll post more as I know more. Thanks to everyone for their many forms of support. Christy felt so good when I told her about the inquiries regarding her condition, the many guestbook signings, and she loved that she's been dubbed, 'Special K.' >This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a >little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >problems. She spent three hours in recovery while they made sure that >her breathing was regulated. Oh my god! Not so much queasiness inducing, but just incredible, and it sounds painful too! Increasing purrs for her continuing recovery. >>This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a >>little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Oh my god! Not so much queasiness inducing, but just incredible, and > it sounds painful too! Increasing purrs for her continuing recovery. OMG I got the pack in tune and we are all sing the purrs for her. I am saying a special prayer right now for her. >This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a >little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >regarding her condition, the many guestbook signings, and she loved that >she's been dubbed, 'Special K.' She's as brave as can be. We wish her all the best all the time, and the boys here are pumping out purrs. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a > little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach you [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > problems. She spent three hours in recovery while they made sure that her > breathing was regulated. OMG That poor little girl. I'll ask all the owners to really rev up their motors for her and am sending out some of the most intense healing thoughts and wishes I've ever sent. Pam S. Oh my. Uber prayers for Christy. Oh I so hope she is ok. > This is from her website today, and just gives me the shivers. It's a > little graphic on the surgery details, if anyone gets a queasy stomach [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > regarding her condition, the many guestbook signings, and she loved that > she's been dubbed, 'Special K.' Jill, I sent a request to your email. I forgot to give you my email, but it is not munged, either. If you need me to resend the request, please let me know. I'm sorry if I've given you more work to do. Thank you for the updates. It's good to know that Christy made it through the operation and is doing better than expected. I'm sure she still has a long way to go. I'd love to send a card now and then as she recovers. Annie |
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