Yeh, I love it!

Here is a summary of what has happened. (People who email me get this and I update it as I have time.) Right now there is a huge PT-OT push and contractor-push to get me ready for the house-- and the house ready for me-- by Dec. 24.

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Thanks for your email. My email access right now is sporadic, at best. Fone calls are welcome.

I've been tied up since Sept. 13 with a major reconstructive surgery followed by serious complications.

FMI look up:

    "wound dehiscence"
    "wound vac" (now removed)
    "wound contracture"
    "anemia"


As of Thanksgiving this had involved ten days in-hospital post-op, then home health care, several weeks of nursing home care from which I was discharged back to home health care, 3 trips to the ER, and (the latest ER visit) a soccer-ball-sized abcess with another 4 (?) days in a different hospital, IV antibiotics, and 2 units of packed red blood cells. I am presently back in the nursing home for wound care, and hopefully, PT and OT.

All my usual activities are suspended for the present; it is unknown how many weeks or months it will take to recover from these complications. I am still working out thyroid dosages (since March of 2012), and I am not sure where I am on the anemia-- it's better but not yet quite gone.

To decrease the chance of another infection I am limiting visitors-- thanks for understanding! Priority goes to to people who can bring my service dog for a visit. Prayers, fone, and cards are welcome. Personal help at home is also welcome (call me).


Much love,

~Susan