August 15, 2009

I just ran into one of Scott's drs in the elevator. The results of the ultrasound are not good. Scott's got blockage in his fistula so they are going to have to go in and correct it. The downside is that the fistual can't be salvaged. He's going to have to go back to a plastic port they'll attach to him that can't get wet. He had one for about 6 months before and they really stink. Damn, damn, damn!

Trisha Huggins Sisk Reply Post: keep on keeping on guys... thoughts & prayers are with you. - August 15 2009 at 8:50pm

August 15, 2009

So with my last post on Aug 13th we had another issue going on. That issue has landed Scott back in the hospital. Wednesday night he went to bed at 10:30pm and slept until 2pm the next afternoon. No biggie, we've had parents visiting and sometimes Scott just needs that much sleep. On Thursday afternoon, however, he was complaining that his left arm hurt - the arm he has his fistula in for dialysis. Upon closer inspection his fistla site was swollen and red...looked like a good solid infection was kicking in. We called dialysis and they said they would take a look at it when he came in for his Thursday nght dialysis. The dialysis team is usually pretty good about letting Scott know if something medical needs immediate attention. They drew bloodin order to run cultures to see what was going on. They prceeded with dialysis, just "poked" him lower in his arm and then on Friday morning gave him 50 cc's of Vancomiacin (sp?). When he got home from dialysis that morning he told me all that info and that they wanted him to get in to see the fistula surgeon that day...Same day appointment...with a surgeon...on a Friday...yeah sure, no problem. I didn't wake him up until I had spoken with the dialysis team directly to determine if a trip to the ER would to be necessary. When I woke him up later we decided it would be best. He told me he was worried that the infection might be MRSA. We also decided to come to Emory - so the records will stay in the system and the transplant team will have immediate access to them. We arrived at the ER at 6:30pm and over the next 6 hours eventually made it back to a room to see a doctor. Just as I had originally thought once the ER team started looking at it they told him that he wouldn't be going home. I left at 2am, he was still in the ER but was transferring to a hospital room. It was decided by a specialist that a surgery wouldn't be necessary. At some point this morning though , before I got back at 11am, it was decided that were going to need to do a surgery. They had prepped him but as the morning unfolded Emory ended up with 6 transplants so that ended up putting Scott off for today. I'm guessing, unless something else shifts, he'll have it first thing Monday morning. They've taken him to have an ultrasound and I thought I'd take a minute to post some updates for everyone. Oddly it's not a holiday weekend - Scott has a niche for landing in the hospital on holiday weekends.

Cathi Davis Reply Post: Jeez louise. I hope it's not bothering him too much! Thinking of you guys :) - August 15 at 5:28PM