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It has started cooling down here. Not a lot, but enough to make it feel like fall a couple nights this week. So, I put away the Stirling South Padre because it reminds me more of suntan lotion scent. Instead I pulled out the Tabac. Maybe this is the cooler season that I will finally finish that puck. I have also been trying out the SV aftershaves that I received. I have only tried 3 so far, 70th, Stella Alpina, and Cuebe. They are all really good scents and feel amazing, but the 70th is my favorite thus far.
Today, at lunch, my wife was not feeling well, had a lot of lower right quadrant pain, so we took her to urgent care. She is not one to complain. Well, turns out, it was appendicitis and they sent us over to the ER to get in the queue for surgery. She just got out of surgery and is in the recovery room. They are going to release her in about 30-60 minutes. It has been a long and stressful day.
Today, at lunch, my wife was not feeling well, had a lot of lower right quadrant pain, so we took her to urgent care. She is not one to complain. Well, turns out, it was appendicitis and they sent us over to the ER to get in the queue for surgery. She just got out of surgery and is in the recovery room. They are going to release her in about 30-60 minutes. It has been a long and stressful day.
70th for the win, and prayers Don to You and your bride for a Quick recovery
Here is to a speedy recovery!
Just a quick update: She was released. Got home at 1:00 last night. She has been sleeping off the anesthesia. The kids have their first "triathlon" today. Will see how she is doing when it is time to leave to see if we need to have someone here with her while we are gone. I put triathlon in quotes because it isn't an official race. It is just their training club doing a short one. They also aren't strong swimmers yet, so they are just going to run through the shallow water so that they can participate in all 3 aspects.
Good luck to the kids and I’m glad your wife is on her way to recovering!
Quick update. Tammy was doing well. Then started having pain around where the appendix was removed. Took her in to get a CT. The doc who looked at the CT told us to go to the ER right away. She had a golf ball sized abscess from an infection. After waiting around 9 hours, the ER doc took a look at the scan we brought with us and saw something that the other doc missed. She had pulmonary embolisms. She is currently in the hospital. They aren't doing anything about the abscess right now, focusing on the embolisms. Which I understand, the embolisms are much more dangerous. Just hard seeing her in pain and the repeated CTs do show it getting bigger.
So sorry about the wife - I am glad the docs caught both issues!
Fightingillini22
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Glad the second doc spotted the more serious issue! Sending well wishes and prayers!
Hope your wife is recovering well. She's in the right place.
Thank you guys for everything. This is truly an awesome group.
They ended up inserting a drain for the abscess yesterday. Now they are talking about releasing her today as long as the pain is manageable and she is able to keep food down. Which is a good thing, I just worry about if she is actually ready or if they are shoving her out because all the hospitals are full.
They ended up inserting a drain for the abscess yesterday. Now they are talking about releasing her today as long as the pain is manageable and she is able to keep food down. Which is a good thing, I just worry about if she is actually ready or if they are shoving her out because all the hospitals are full.
Oh, I believe that 100%. Just watching her get in and out of the hospital bed, it makes me wonder how she would be able to do that at home with a bed that is around a foot taller.
Ok, update on everything going on around here. They did let her stay one more night, which was a blessing. She was much more mobile after that. We kicked my son out of his bed and moved it to the living room to make things as easy as possible for her. I did make my son an awesome blanket fort that he slept in until she was able to get the drain out. She is doing a little better, still gets tired really easily and has been fighting different infections since. Small steps forward.
Shaving wise, I had a good run with the SV aftershaves. They are all great scents that I could use at any time. My favorite has to be Cosmo though. Honorable mentions with 70th, Felice Aromatica, Optunia, Desert Vetiver and Tundra Artica. Now I am trying to dial in their soap offerings. I have only used them once so far and it had a lot of potential.
Other news, I decided to tear out the awful texture on the bathroom ceiling. They had on there a texture that allowed the stream to sit in pockets and no matter what we did would have mildew within a couple of months. After 5 years of that, I have had enough and scrapped the texture off and am making it a smooth ceiling. Although, I now know why they put it the way they did. Huge gouges to the sheet rock. I am doing it right though.
Shaving wise, I had a good run with the SV aftershaves. They are all great scents that I could use at any time. My favorite has to be Cosmo though. Honorable mentions with 70th, Felice Aromatica, Optunia, Desert Vetiver and Tundra Artica. Now I am trying to dial in their soap offerings. I have only used them once so far and it had a lot of potential.
Other news, I decided to tear out the awful texture on the bathroom ceiling. They had on there a texture that allowed the stream to sit in pockets and no matter what we did would have mildew within a couple of months. After 5 years of that, I have had enough and scrapped the texture off and am making it a smooth ceiling. Although, I now know why they put it the way they did. Huge gouges to the sheet rock. I am doing it right though.
