Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hmm..Interesting

Tim's fever is down a little and he had his PICC line replaced. However, the doctor's now think the infection is possibly a urinary tract infection. Also another interesting fact, the doctor didn't do anything to Tim's bladder when he had surgery on Monday. He opened him up and then immediately closed him up. I guess he was afraid he would do more harm than good.

So let's see. The IR procedure to replace the tubing on the nephrostomy is the only change. However, as of tonight the drain is not working correctly. So actually we are right back where we started. The chief resident assured Tim that the issue would be fixed before he is released. I should hope so.

He's pissed.

Today when I was visiting with Tim he made quite a few phone calls to the hospital's billing department. As some of you know, when a business owes you money it's sometimes hard to get people to call back. Of course once you get them on the phone, they don't listen to anything you say even though you keep saying the exact same thing. Ultimately you hang up more frustrated than you were before you called. And best of all...you're still broke.

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