Well I am back home from the hospital, minus one gall bladder and what were apparently many and biggish stones (however what scale of biggish I have no idea). I don't get to bring them home in a jar though as they were all broken up to fit the lot through the little keyhole. I have four dainty little incisions and the camera went in the navel one. ( Read more... )

Well that's me going totally crazy! Pity there is nobody around to watch. Mr Wol's consultant saw him this morning, early, well before 9, who expressed annoyance that he still had a drain in after nearly 48 hours and said he would be going home as soon as the drain was removed. He was turfed out of his bed which was promptly remade for the next ( Read more... )

I have been sick with a zombie-fying cold and unable to muster up the energy to even blog about the great weekend we had. Still on the topic that bad news is easier to write about than good, here's an update. Mr Wol, my beloved and sweet husband, was struck down by an agony in his gut that is almost certainly more kidney stones. He had some three ( Read more... )

Here we are home again. This is a very welcome development. After three nights on the kiddie sized bed my spine was howling for surcease - it still is quite a bit. Ow! DD seems much recovered although we have no more idea of what is wrong than we did when we were admitted. We are still waiting for the coeliac test results and for a poo to emerge ( Read more... )

Not many posts coming from this quarter for a while. DD is in the hospital. Her viral infection seems to have returned with a vengeance leaving ehr miserable and nauseous. After repeated vomiting on Wednesday night the doctor referred her to the hospital who have no more idea of what might be wrong than before but are able to put her on a drip and ( Read more... )