Myke's 'blob.

He's on his way home now

Seriously - something else is wrong with Stef now - he wants a McDonalds Cheesebuger. WTF?

Here's hoping he'll be discharged tomorrow!

That Is All.
Oh, and Yay!

Projecting release on Tuesday.

In his new designer label "HOSPITAL PROPERTY" Casual pant.

He's off the pain-killers completely, only mild discomfort. He's up and walking around and even eating clear fluids, but pining for real food...

Eyes up here Stef...

He's still on I.V. antibiotics tonight, but hopefully they'll discharge him soon once he's okay to eat solid foods (ie: peristalsis kicks back in.) I'm happy to see him feeling so much better so quickly, makes me wonder if they might discharge him Monday...

Just in time for me to go to Toronto.

He's off pain meds, sitting up and being sociable, joking around. Looks like the worst is over. We suspect he'll be there for a few more day regardless, but he's looking better than when I took this photo of him yesterday

Taken yesterday as per his request.

Stef, Smiling for the Camera, while on Dilaudid
(Also taken yesterday)
(No really - he IS smiling!)

Love that hair.

Rough night for the kid. Got a dose of Cipro. He was in pretty bad pain when I got to him just before noon today, 8/10. A subcu shot of Dilaudid later, he was high as a kite, barely conscious... of pain too.

After an intermidably long wait, Stef finally got his private room; a nice change from the ER and observation areas. Best decore and equipment the 70s could offer.

While the nurse was working him up, we hear a second Code Blue call... this one to the Nurse's Lounge... which freaked out pretty much all the staff - the halls got very quiet for a while. Turned out it was a mock code, but the first one wasn't...

Incidentally, we found out an air embolus apparently won't happen from a few stray bubbles in your I.V. line. They say the whole line could be un-primed and most (generally) fit people could handle it anyway. So no worries about the bubbles we saw.

By dinner he was feeling no abdominal pain and felt the Dilaudid had worn off, but he was starting to get a splitting headache as Laura was leaving, they were going to give him Tylenol... hopefully he's feeling better now. He's certainly feeling cut off - no cellphone, no internet or WiFi; theoretically he has a TV and possibly phone service. He's was drifting in and out of consciousnous when I was there, so hopefully he won't notice much passage of time. I did take him a bunch of stuff to keep busy/distracted, but he's not in any shape to do much.

In general it looks like he won't be having surgery any time soon, but he's still NPO (not allowed to eat) - not that I think he's got much of an appetite, just thirsty.

(The previous post was based on about an hour and a half old on info. This is current as of a few minutes ago)

Stef's been given morphine and is resting more comfortably, Mom's on her way home - I'm not going to his apartment till tomorrow and I'll visit him immediately after that.

They haven't put him in a room yet, but they've moved him from the hall into an observation room, which isn't great, but a little lower traffic than being in a hallway.

I think we're going to try and catch some shut-eye now, hopefully I'll update tomorrow afternoon or sooner if I hear anything. If you want to send him good thoughts, email me (mike at geiger) [dot ca] and I'll print off the messages and take 'em to him in the 'morrow.

Late this afternoon I took Stef from a walk-in clinic to the Civic, as the physician suspected he was suffering appendicitis. He'd been in some GI pain since Sunday night and hasn't been having a great week, as yesterday was his birthday, he wasn't looking all that cheery... The midterm he had today I'm sure didn't help.

I got him to the Civic hospital and they noted immediately that his temperature and blood pressure were high (150/85, "you're the toastiest guy I've seen today") We waited in chairs for a while (I really have no notion of time anymore) and then eventually took him back to be seen by the doctor. At this point he's been sighing and jittery with pain, but he's in a decent mood and encourages me to take a photo of his killer wardrobe. He's also getting feverish.

Doctor saw him, concurred with the walk-in physician of appendicitis, but of course wanted to run more tests. He called for a surgical consult and Stef was put on a gurney, given an IV got to wait in the hall.

Not too long after, the surgeon (and I think 2 students) came by, ordered a CT scan. He said he needed to have a better idea as to what's going on because typical appendicitis cases go from zero-to-appendectomy in about 2 days... Stef was up to 4, so this wasn't a typical problem; concerns of an abscess were mentioned.

Eventually he was taken up to CT, where they took two ... scans and then a third but with an iodine injection.

Back down to the ER and we waited, he's now in rather intense pain... the porter asked him how long it'd been since he'd had any pain meds - the answer was simple: none yet.

Surgeon came back, said it is appendicitis and that it's perforated, which means they're going to treat it with antibiotics and eventually remove his appendix. How long is eventually? Weeks or months. If things don't get better in the next 12 hours, they'll have to perform a Laparotomy, which is a fairly involved and major surgery, as opposed to the typical appendectomy performed by laparoscopy.

Mom & Dad arrive minutes later, and I left with Dad a little while after that.

I think Stef is most upset by the fact that this isn't over yet. Surgery and he'd like be back in buisness by the end of the weekend, but they're suspecting he'll be in hospital for up to a week! Incidentally there's no internet, and you're not supposed to use your cellphone but there's apparently no or limited service anyway. He's also worrying about losing his school term, although I think it's a bit early to worry about that yet.

I'm off to his apartment to pick up some stuff for him, hopefully I'll get to relieve my mom of her post as she's had a long day (which at least started well with her receiving an award from work.)

Good timing for me not to have a full time job anymore... You can call me, but if I'm in the hospital - both cells will be off, leaving a message at my 6580 number will page me though. I'll try to Plaze if I go there, but that can be difficult.

Appendicitis. They're not operating immediately as it's perforated... Hoping anti-biotics in the next 12 hours will help it settle down.

Photos and more info/updates later. (yeah, he was in good spirits despite all the pain he's in.)

I need two, because if my MacBook Pro stops working - so do I, and therefore so does my cashflow... And because it makes me happy

Mac Mac
(Sadly, the Powerbook is not mine)

Someone got a Powerbook or slim PC they want to sell to me on the cheap?