Trapped in NOLA again

Stephanie was worried Tuesday that the wouldn't let us go after the procedures but I assured her that that would not happen but here we are, trapped for a while in NOLA.

Th procedures did not go as planned big time.  The stent swap went well for the left kidney but the right caused problems.  The stent that was in there did not appear to be allowing the kidney to drain and it was full of liquid.  About 150 ccs of the liquid was dark brown and they think it was old blood but are doing culture on it to make sure.  The culture will tell us in 48 hrs if it is infected or not and then another 24 hrs if it is infected to find a treatment.

I do have a temporary percutaneous nephrostomy tube in my right side and it does indicate that the kidney is at least producing urine so we are hoping that it is also filtering the blood and labs should show that.  Of course, that takes a few days to find out.

So, we are trapped here again.  If the kidney is functioning, we need to find a way to help it drain.  If it is not draining we need to decide what to do with it.  Leaving it in may lead to infection so they may want to do surgery to remove it or they may not.  We just don't know at this point.  Hopefully we will at least be able to leave the ICU today or tomorrow and be in the nice rooms on the fifth floor.

It sucks.  We did not plan for this and thought the worst case had us coming home on Monday because the prices for flights. Now we may be doing a procedure on Monday.  It really sucks.  Steph just started a new job and they knew she was going to be out this week but now things are up in the air and that puts strain on her and her job.  It really sucks the big one.

Those tumors on the rectum are large and appear to be pushing against the prostate and other organs.  We don't know when we will be able to address them or if they are treatable.  Just one more thing that sucks about this trip.d

One thing that was good was our meal Monday night at the red fish grill.  We ordered the crab cake and the grilled red fish and it was one of the best meals I have ever had.  It was on the pricy side but it was phenomenal.