We're in a pretty good spot now, but the last 36 hours have been horrendous. After Faina's first bites of real food she was mildly uncomfortable. Through most of the day Wednesday she was slightly more uncomfortable with sharp pain in the abdominal region. This morning (Thursday) the pain was excruciating. She had a CT scan early in the morning and a Upper GI series an hour later. By early afternoon Dr. Schulick was scrubbing in, Faina was under, the week old stomach scar was re-opened, and surgery was underway. At about 5:30 Dr. Schulick reported that Faina had a kink in her intestines caused by adhesions, he removed them, and we will proceed slowly with re-introducing food. It is just one of those things that happens, not often, but not rarely.
Following surgery Faina was suffering from a great deal of pain until it was brought under control by 6 mg of morphine roughly every six minutes. That is triple the dose she was getting before the surgery. By about midnight her pain level was in the tolerable zone, a 5-6/10 by her scoring and at about midnight she was ready for some sleep.
This will probably mean another 3-4 days in the hospital.
Sister-in-law Maya arrives from Haifa on Saturday to lend a post-operative hand.
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