Leak Healed! So Happy!

Mar 29, 2011

On Friday, exactly 30 days after my surgery, I had an abdominal CT Scan to check to see if my leak is healed.  Great news, the leak is gone! Dr Keshishian decided on the CT rather than another upper GI because he was also looking for infection since I had been re-admitted to the hospital for a high fever (up to 104) and extreme nausea. When admitted, he had my picc line removed as he expected it was the culprit.

After a short 1 day stay, I was able to control my fever with Tylenol and was pronounced leak free!

So far, this does not seem real to me. I am able to drink, eat for the first time in 22 days. Nothing I have tried yet has settled wrong. Also, with no drains and no ivs attached to me, I almost feel like a "normal" person who might be capable of recovering. I feel better and better each day.

I want to send a big thank you to those of you who were pulling for me and sending me your prayers and well-wishes. I feel like without your support, that leak might just still be there and I am SO happy it's not!

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