Thursday, June 21, 2007

update on surgery

I found out yesterday that I will have to be admitted to the hospital 5 days before my surgery. The reason is because i am on blood thinners and I have to stop taking them 5 days in advance. To do that I have to be on IV heparin therapy. That is something I can't do at home. I am going to try to talk him down to 3 or 2 days but i doubt i will win. It sucks.


I also got a call about my Fistula today. If I am unable to sucsessfully use it on Friday and Monday I have to have a test done on it Tuesday. This is what a fistula is. It is not a piece of equipment but an artery and vein they tie together and stick needles in. Some of you have felt it. It is sometimes called a thrill, but we like to call it Neal's other heartbeat.

NEAL CALLED ME FRIDAY MORNING and he had 2 needles in his fistula. Hopefully it holds up, then he will not have to have the test done on Tuesday.

























Later
Neal

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

who's gonna take care of the corn fields while you are in the hospital?

Anonymous said...

I say put a call into the "children of the corn" to take care of it.

Anonymous said...

Great to have you guys over last night! You looked great Neal.

Dave and Amy

Anonymous said...

No more corn for Neal until colon surgery is over, it can irritate the diverticuli.

Anonymous said...

if you need help husking the corn, perhaps ryan can help. he's the one that gave the tip to plant the corn deep.

Anonymous said...

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