Jennifer Hosptialized Again Due to Compliactions from March Surgery

[MissJazzyEmily]

Glad to hear she is coming good - the heart thing sucks though.
RM, re Australian health care:  I hear you, and Gregory says the same thing about ever moving to the US unless we had very good insurance.  But Australian healthcare isn't free of this kind of mishap.   One thing I'm starting to think is, if at all possible, avoid surgery.

Wait--are you saying not to go through with her transplants surgery?

[natnnnat]

Wait--are you saying not to go through with her transplants surgery?

No way.  My husband has had two transplants and is much better off for them, he far prefers the transplant life to the dialysis life even though both have their own challenges.
Moreover, I don't know much about Jennifer's situation, so I would be mad to make such a statement. No no.  My comment to Richard was definitely NOT about Jenn.

So what did I mean?  I guess my comment was addressed to RM's more general remarks about health systems, and I had in mind not so much the question of whether renal patients should have surgery, so much as whether anyone should have surgery as a first option.   I wrote an essay about what I meant and have deleted it from this post because this thread is about you and Jenn.  I've made a new thread elaborating on general remarks about surgery, which is here:  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29438.msg464005#msg464005

I'm very sorry to have sounded like I was commenting on your sister, her situation is very distressing and it strikes me she had little choice throughout most of it. 

[MissJazzyEmily]

Wait--are you saying not to go through with her transplants surgery?

No way.  My husband has had two transplants and is much better off for them, he far prefers the transplant life to the dialysis life even though both have their own challenges.
Moreover, I don't know much about Jennifer's situation, so I would be mad to make such a statement. No no.  My comment to Richard was definitely NOT about Jenn.

So what did I mean?  I guess my comment was addressed to RM's more general remarks about health systems, and I had in mind not so much the question of whether renal patients should have surgery, so much as whether anyone should have surgery as a first option.   I wrote an essay about what I meant and have deleted it from this post because this thread is about you and Jenn.  I've made a new thread elaborating on general remarks about surgery, which is here:  http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=29438.msg464005#msg464005

I'm very sorry to have sounded like I was commenting on your sister, her situation is very distressing and it strikes me she had little choice throughout most of it.

Oh, no worries! Thanks for the clarification!

[MissJazzyEmily]

I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FINALLY! Jenn was transferred to a normal hospital room. She is no longer in critical condition, breathing on her own without the oxygen, AND today she went for her first walk since being hospitalized and undergoing major abdominal surgery!  That's the Jenn I know. She's the strongest woman I know. 

[aharris2]

  sister,

Happy to see good news.

[cassandra]

Wonderful to read. Love, and strength to all of you

   

[galvo]

Terrific!!!

[okarol]

  great!!!

[deniferfer]

I just found this post on here. i didn't know Jazzy had start this thread!  I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support it means so much to me. You guys are like a second family to me!  It has been a long rough road and I'm not out of the woods yet! but nothing is going to bring me down or take me out! Heck even while in the hospital I walked down to the 1st floor to get a soda! Yup in my hospital gown, drain bags pinned up and IV line that I pushed along!! Lots of strange looks and hard work but WELL worth it! I have to take t one day at a time and give myself time to heal but I will bounce back.

[galvo]

Great to hear from you!