Saturday, October 10, 2009

home sweet home...

trish is home :)


after meeting with dr. lee this morning, she got the ok to get out and head home.. a couple hours later we were on our way out of stanford.

we walked through our front doors at 11:45am this morning.

trish continues to do really well.. still sore as expected, but dr. lee thought all her wounds are healing nicely and had no overall concerns.

trish's left arm had been hurting her ever since she got out of surgery, and to rule out a blood clot or infection, an ultrasound was performed... the ultrasound showed nothing out of the ordinary and it was deemed that a leaky IV was the cause of the swelling.

basically the IV needle was either was not fully inside trish's vein, or it penetrated through the other side of her vein, allowing the saline to essentially puddle in her arm. its harmless but uncomfortable, but does take a day or two for the saline to be naturally absorbed by the body...

so the pain has gone away and the swelling of her arm has subsided and things are basically normal. trish is napping in her own bed now, and caden is very happy to have his mama home..

thanks for checking in...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Our thoughts are with you. Thank you for the updates Oak!
-Allison and Tony Pereur

Bobby Jo said...

Another obstacle behind you. You are my hero Trisha and Oak, you are the best! You all are always in our thoughts!

Anonymous said...

Trish,so glad things went well...Strong as always. My prayers are with you,oak and caden always.I know you will recover quickly. Olga

julicle said...

It was an honor meeting Trish at the 3-Day last weekend, and walking with Ria last year. I'm thrilled to know that she is doing so well after this latest surgery. Will keep your entire family in our thoughts!

--Julie Corbett (fellow 3-Day walker, and faithful blog follower since spring 2008!)