BOGOF

Things can only get better turned out to be true....but only before they got worse.
The fluid on the liver turned out to be the cause of the infection and this describes pretty much what happened to cause it.

Well on Wednesday she was showing more signs for concern so two birds, one stone. Original plan was to insert a central venous catheter or Hickman line to replace the infected and now lost umbilical catheter but as an added bonus the surgeons decided they needed to get their hands bloody again and they were going to open her up to take another rummage round inside, just to check, like you do.

Little Henny was topped up to the brim with blood and other associated fluids and wheeled of for more surgery.

Fun?

No.




We saw her go in to surgery looking not too bad considering, she was coping better than me anyway.
She came back looking like this.
Job done, inserted the Hickman thingymebob and found the intestine work carried out a few days previously to be tip top and healing well with no leaks. They tickled her liver and despite having it in their hands concluded that they would leave well alone, it will sort itself out apparently and no lasting damage done, gonna take time tho.
They managed to remove the ventilator straight after surgery which was, erm, better than good.



Seems the surgery team do a side line in haircuts too, Henny told us later that it wasn't what she'd asked for.



Morphine does this to you, apparently.



Take 2



Hickman line in place but Henny's eyes are good for at least a thousands words here.



Henny does flag semaphore, i think she is trying to say 'Ouch'





So she is onto to post op recovery again and still nil by mouth.
She is recovering well and the hunger which so tormented her a week ago is back with avengance which is a good sign but probably not much fun.

Day by day, just one at at time that's where we're at.