After going back to work in January after colon and then cataract surgery, Chris started having shoulder pain in both shoulders and numbness and burning in his right hand.  The initial thought was that it was frozen shoulder.  Ended up going to a chiropractor in Saybrook who did Active Release Technique.  He thought it was rotator cuff problems.   ( Read more... )

Chris made it home today.  He is still in pain but it's manageable and he is able to get around pretty much on his own.  Quite a change from Friday and Saturday.

Went in this morning at 6:00 and they took Chris in at 8:15.  2 hours later the doctor said it was a success.  They took out 8 inches of his colon.  Everything else looked good.  He is in pain and groggy.  They plan on getting him up tomorrow which doesn't sound too pleasant but instead of a clear liquid diet tomorrow he will be upgraded to a ( Read more... )

Left on Saturday the 27th at 4:00 a.m. and made it by noon - no traffic - smooth sailing!  That evening I helped out at the Known World party.  What's with everyone throwing socks rolled up into balls?  I was concerned they would end up in the meatball and cheese savory.  They did - after I left around 9:30 p.m.  Monday was the Runnymeade dinner ( Read more... )

    Thanks to everyone for your good wishes.  Chris came home this afternoon and is doing well.  He is on antibotics for the next 20 days and hopefully that will clear it up.  He plans on returning to work on Tuesday on light duty for two weeks ( Read more... )

Early last week Chris ran out of his antibotics.  By the time he went to his doctor's appointment on Thursday, he was starting to get uncomfortable.  He got put on a different antibotic and had another appointment today.  He was definitely worse than last week so they put him back into the hospital and am doing a cat scan tonight.  Pennsic is out ( Read more... )

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Brought Chris home after 5 days in the hospital.  The pain is gone and he can have soft solid foods for the next two weeks - no raw veggies.  He's now clean, 10 lbs less and ready to sleep without interruption!.  Thanks for the good wishes!

The pain was getting worse by Saturday night so we took another trip to the ER.  This time they admitted him but he didn't get upstairs until 5 a.m. Sunday morning.  No change to the CAT scan which was good since they were looking for a rupture.  He is on heavy duty antibotics, pain medication and a liquid diet (otherwise known as a starvation diet ( Read more... )

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