A few days in hospital and surgery to boot

Not for me though. My wife needs her gall bladder removed. She’s been having abdominal pain on and off for two years and it finally got to be too much for her to bear this week. She’s been to see doctors and they all told her they couldn’t find anything wrong.

Even in the ER yesterday, the doctors did an ultrasound to look for gall stones. Nope, she doesn’t have any. Finally, one of the doctors suggested a procedure to test the gall bladder when it contracts (to emit bile). They shot her full of die and then gave an enzyme to make the gall bladder contract. Yep, it’s not moving which is causing her a great deal of pain.

So, in just a few minutes I’m heading back to the hospital and the surgery is being scheduled for sometime tomorrow. Life is on hold for a few days until we get past this crisis and my mother-in-law will most likely be staying with us for a few days next week to help with the kids during recovery.

If you’d like to keep tabs on us, I’ll be posting regular updates to Jaiku.