Doing better

Last Thursday (a week ago) leisa got the permanent catheter installed. After a week of soreness she's doing pretty well. The wrong catheter arrangement was installed that wouldn't allow me to connect the drainage bag at home. We had the good luck to know the surgery tech that helped install it so he came to the house three times to help. After consulting with the manufacturer, the right connection was installed and all is well. I knew, from watching videos online, that the installation was wrong but I gave the docs the benefit of the doubt and just shut up. Yes, indeed, its true. Sometimes they just don't know precisely what they're doing. Glad we like them. Did I mention that the Doc scheduled to do the installation had slugged his daughter's bedroom door and broke his hand? They brought in a guy from Sibley Hospital to do it. Leisa has been very pleased this past week with all the drainage troubles.

The bottom line is no more big fat belly and lots more comfort day-to-day. She actually went to the hair dresser yesterday for a Holiday coiffing.

The cancer seems to be stable with no cancer cells in the drained fluid. The outlook would be much worse with cancer cells in the ascites fluid. Chemotherapy continues.

Looking forward to a good Christmas.

Jeff