I am sitting here in Gina’s hospital room at Seton Northwest Hospital. We came here yesterday because Gina was having some “upper right quadrant” abdominal pain. The pain looked excruciating, luckily the ER was able to fix her up with some meds that eased the pain rather quickly.
They took some blood and ran various tests, all of which confirmed what Gina and I suspected, that her gallbladder was “acting up”. However, the prognosis was not what either of us were expecting. They want to remove that pesky little bladder of gall.
They admitted her at about 10:30 last night to a room in Hospital and got her all settled in. By that point we had been here for just about 6 hours. I waited until we had all of the paperwork taken care of and she fell asleep before heading home to take care of the dogs, shower and pick up some things. (You know, like laptops and iPods, the essentials of any hospital stay in this digital day-and-age.)
We are waiting to speak with the doctor to determine if her surgery will be today or tomorrow. Either way, they will be looking to keep her in the hospital overnight afterward for observation and she is expected to be sore for several days following.
I do not recall ever spending the night in a hospital room. I remember visiting Gina’s Grandpa Parker at Ingham, I remember visiting my Mom when she was taken to Sparrow hospital when Rachel was born (I remember buying a plastic dinosaur and playing cards in the gift shop) and I remember visiting my Great-Grandpa Benner.
While we were in the Emergency Room, I recounted all of the times that I had been to an Emergency Room, all of which I believe were here at Seton Northwest. I think the total was 4, but I kinda feel like it was 5. Notably, none of the visits were for me directly.
Gina is playing on her Mac, listening to music. I am sitting here in the guest chair, which because of the reclining action on this bad-boy doesn’t make it entirely horrible to sleep on.
The hospital has free wifi, which is a necessity in this digital day-and-age.
Well, I need to take care of a couple of work things as to ensure that my absence on Monday (and possibly) Tuesday will not throw off our schedules.
I am pretty sure that most people that read this, I have already call by phone. Needless to say, I will likely call you with an update before posting one here.
Laterz