November 2

The struggle to keep food down continues. Yesterday, Haley made Judy some of her favorite food - veggie chowder. Judy had a few spoonfuls, but four hours later she threw it all up. The word from yesterday was: the urologist had scheduled a test to determine where all the fluid is coming from and where it is going. Today, we got to see Dr. Kanthan. He has scheduled a CT scan for this week to determine whether there is something other than the factors already considered that is causing the nausea. To date, the nausea was blamed on the painkillers and the lack of bowel movement. Dr. Kanthan also reiterated the hospital stay will be a minimum 6 weeks. The plastic surgeon, Dr. Chadrin, is the one insisting the 6 week minimum hospital stay. He wants to make sure the wound on Judy's back side is stable and healing well. I delivered one of Judy's favorite foods today - key lime Greek yogurt. A half dozen spoonfuls is what she could handle. The VIM inspector was by yesterday to check the sinks, the newly painted doors, and the lint trap on the dryer. I passed the inspection. The queen will not be asking for my head on a platter. Whew!