Surgery #2

I was waiting to post today in hopes that we would have good news. Joel's fluid output had not been good for the last day. He pretty much was not going to the bathroom. We were lucky enough to be moved to a private room so that I could stay with him late Saturday night but first thing Sunday morning the Dr team started running tests since Joel had very little output and before noon he was moved to the ICU unit so that they could give him more specialized care. After a long array of different tests they decided around 3 to take him in for another surgery. They were pretty sure that fluid was bot leaking into his abdomen thru a hole of some sort so they decided to go in and insert a couple of stints between his kidney and bladder. I hated to see Joel go into surgery again but I was hoping this would make him better because he was not looking good.

The 2nd surgery went well and Joel was back in his room about 3 hours later. The ICU is a great place, the nurses on the regular floors just don't have enough time to spend with each patient. Bare minimum usually is all they have time for. It's not their fault, they are just assigned too many patients. In the ICU, Joel has had around the clock care and he is looking so much better. He hasnt gotten up since about 9 this morning due to the busy day, I am hoping he agrees to get up at least for a couple minutes tonight. I meant to go home tonight to take a shower and come back but I fell asleep in the chair around 9 and just woke up. Maybe I'll head home in the morning for a few minutes after the Dr's make their rounds about 5 am.