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Hi Kaye,
Sorry for the late welcome. I'm Stacy. I just turned 31 on the
3rd and paraplegic at T 7/8 level from a rare type of encephalitis. I just
had the same surgery in May but I may have to have it again since my appendix
looks like it either partly died or the incision closed where connected to the
bladder. We'll see on the 12th as I go back and have an outpatient surgery
possibly done. He's going to do an x-ray and if all goes well he's going
to use a camera going through my urethra and will open up the incision where the
appendix is connected to my bladder. Unfortunately my appendix wasn't long
enough for my long torso to be able to cath through my belly button but they did
try. I had to have a new stoma put in. If the procedure doesn't go
the way I want I will do the surgery again next summer after the spring
semester. It's important for me to get school over early. I'm afraid
to have the surgery dont in the winter break as my incision got infected this
time around and I was connected to the wound vac for almost a month. If
that were to happen again, I wouldnt be able to go back to school without that
wound vac attatched to me and thats too embarrassing to handle. When I
had the surgery I also had a chait catheter put in. It's a tube connected to my
large intestines to help with my bowel program. I run 500cc's of saline
through the tube and it pushes my stools through. I do run an extra 250
through after the 500 just to make sure I'm empty. It's over so much
quicker. At least one good thing came from my not so great hospital stay
and surgery.
Anyhow, sorry for the long story. It's great to have you with
us. I look forward to reading your posts. Enjoy your stay.
Stacy
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