Trenna was able to come home on Sunday night. She is VERY tired. Her visit to Cedars Sinai had to be postponed due to all of the bruising on her arms from the intense weekend in the hospital. She has had so many IVs, tests, and shots that her body is very traumatized. Dr. Black wanted to give her a rest and let her body do some healing before having her come in to Cedars (where she will have an MRI, more tests, etc.)
On Monday Trenna will go to Cedars to see Dr. Black, and also to meet with a neurosurgeon and a seizure specialist to (hopefully) get some answers about what took place this past weekend.
Trenna went this week to see her primary care doctor and long-time friend, Dr. Schmidt, who has been such a help to her during this journey. He's taking very good care of her and helping to right some of the insensitive care that she received at Placentia-Linda Hospital (during the ER visit). Due to the long stay in the hospital, she developed a very intense bladder infection....not good. He also gave her a referral to visit a surgeon today to look at her tongue, which was quite damaged when she bit it during the seizure. When she showed up at the office today, they decided to stitch her up then and there--an extremely painful procedure that she hadn't been prepared for. She is restricted to a no-chewing diet for the next 7 days (although I reminded her that luckily, Thanksgiving is in 8 days--yaaay chewing!)
Spirits are low and exhaustion is high. It's strange to think that although the actual tumor-removal surgery went so smoothly, all of these other things have happened in the aftermath. Your continued prayers for this involved situation are comforting and appreciated.
Today is Mitch and Trenna's 20th Wedding Anniversary--God grant them many years!!!
-mary
Aw. I just hate reading all this. Poor Trenna. She and all of you still have our prayers. Lots of prayers. xoxo
ReplyDeleteFeel better Trenna! I'm praying for you! I hope you and Mitch have a very happy anniversary.
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