Monday, September 16, 2013

Peritonitis

The CT results are in and it looks like she has fluid in her abdominem. They called it peritonitis, and is most likely the cause of the fevers. They will remove some of the fluid with a needle, guided by ultrasound. It will be analyzed to find the content and source. No ETA on when they will do this or when they'll get the results, but it should be fast. Best case scenario is it's just leftover water from the surgery, but that's pretty much unheard of after 7 days. It could also be an abscess or a leak in the colon or intestines. If it's the later, she will need surgery again.