As is possible in any cricket match involving India or Pakistan....

it's been a stitch-up. *


Progress. Finally. Sweet, sweet progress.

1) PICC line (long IV line that goes all the way up from the elbow, almost to the heart - lasts longer and less risk of infection) went in this morning. This will be used for TPN (total parenteral nutrition). This is not just a milkshake that they shove down the vein, rather is a very carefully manufactured and immensely expensive mix of nutrients in their most basic forms - amino acids, carbohydrates, fats. It is meant to imitate what gets absorbed into the blood after you've digested it.

She's had almost nothing to eat for 3 weeks and has lost weight at an unhealthy rate (in other words, at the rate any TV commercial or reality show would have you believe is normal). She's also as weak as a kitten that's spent the last 3 weeks in bed having had a feline total colectomy, so they need to bulk her up.

2) then they closed her up!

The PICC line was done in theatre - it didn't look like there'd be time to do the main procedure today, but she was whisked back down around 3pm. They took off the vacuum dressing (she accidentally saw it today in the mirror and freaked out), and decided it was ok to close up the wound. After only a brief stay in Recovery she was lucid enough to be texting by 7. Her anaesthetic must have been so mild that even Michael Jackson could have survived it. Rather than giving a hospital anaesthetic in his lounge, that doctor of his should have learned to say "piss off" (see my previous post).

No word on likely discharge date, but frankly I don't want her home too early. You should see her shuffling to the bathroom. She'll need to be eating properly first anyhow, and the TPN will be going for a few days I'd say.

She continues to love Tom for medicinal reasons.

In other news my dad stayed in hospital today having had the odd dizzy spell - looks like he'll be out tomorrow.

I see the weather around the country will be crud for the rest of the week. Not relevant to this blog subject, but what is??

#1 Husband

* http://www.espncricinfo.com/infocus/content/story/infocus.html?subject=44;page=2

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2013/content/story/636201.html