My son will be released from the hospital most likely on Monday, and I will be flying up to care for him and watch my grandkids. He got great news last night from his doctor. The pathology reports came back and what he has is Diverticulitis which became inflamed and created the abcess that was removed in surgery last week. Had it been correctly diagnosed several months ago, Brian could have been treated properly. The doctor told him last night that the abcess would have killed him if he had not been admitted to the hospital when he was. His recovery will be slow and Brian will have to adjust to the colostomy bag for the next three months, but at this point, I am just thankful that he is on the road to being healthy again.
The thought of airports, airplanes, flying and all the people to deal with is something I'm not looking forward to at all, but you can't drive to Alaska in a few hours, so I am just hoping for no delays. I am excited about seeing Brian and the grandkids though!
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Great news about your son -- glad things were caught in time, although it's certainly frustrating that it wasn't caught earlier. It sounds like it would have saved him much pain & many intrusive medical procedures had it been correctly diagnosed at the beginning.
Of course, the silver lining is seeing the grandkids. Enjoy your time with them.
Renee
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