Hospital updates

Guess I had better update on my exciting week!!!!!! all boring and no crafting but I know some of you like to keep up to date with my goings on LOL...

Ruby has settled so well and feels like she has been here for ages, she really is a poppet.

So.............

Wednesday camera thingy! no sedation as it meant having it through a cannula and I just couldn't bear the thought of yet another botched attempt. It was horrible but not as bad as I remembered and the upshot is I have large ulcer, treating with extra lansporazle and another medicine called sucralfate to try and reduce it, also they want me to stop some RA drugs, I did explain this was unlikely due to current RA situation etc but shall book  a drug review with consultant. If meds don't work it may need surgery. I did get a little scared when they asked how far away we lived from hospital and when we explained it's usually a 45 min trip they said if I got acute pain or vomited blood to dial 999.

Thursday saw the gastrologist and he basically re iterated what we were told Wednessday and said they would repeat camera in 4 weeks.

Friday, took dressings off hand and it  looks quite good, then put a cast on, back next Thursday to have cast removed to check stitches etc and then another one on for 6 weeks. Cast is very uncomfortable and feels too tight across knuckles especially when the pins have been inserted which go down arm 6-7 inches with a plate as well. It has actually made me cry for the first time! maybe it just feels so tight as before I had a slapback underneath with just bandages on top so maybe I will get used to it but they did say to go back if any problems. I chose a purple cast to match bruises LOL.

So hospital appts continue to mount had really hoped for a week off next week.

Feeling a tad sorry for myself tonight but going to crop tomorrow so something to look forward to.

Suex

Ruby

So Ruby the foster greyhound arrived Sunday evening and was very stressed and unsettled after being taken from her family (wife has walked out, leaving husband to cope with kids and dogs whilst trying to work, so he sadly had to return Ruby back to gap after 3 years) and travelling for 6 hours in 4 different  cars down to us. We introduced her to each of our dogs one at a time and no one so much as growled at her.

The first night she was a little restless but since then has settled down so well, she is now very relaxed and I have to say the perfect house guest. Ruby is very affectionate and gentle and loves having her tummy tickled Someone is going to get themselves a beautiful hound. I can't think she'll be here long as there have already been some enquiries about her. Tried to get a good photo but as usual failed LOl. 

Ruby is the one next to the tele...

Have also done another digi LO of Ben on his 5th birthday in December using Dawn Inksips kit making tracks.

Swelling of fingers has reduced alot but the pain continues to be awful, hip is much better just a tad tender now.

3 hospital appts this week, deep joy, so not looking forward to the camera down my tummy tomorrow, shall be mighty relieved when this week is over BUT I have papermaze crop on Saturday to look forward to.

Sue x

I'm back

 So here I am back in the land of the living lol……hoping the op went to plan but shan’t see the surgeon until Friday so will get all the details then. Also on Friday the hand will go into a full plaster cast for 6 – 8 weeks, at the moment it’s half plastered and half bandaged to allow for the swelling and bruising. Fingers are very swollen and black and it does hurt rather a lot. Hip where they took some bone out to graft into wrist is sore but ok  and for the first time ever haven’t been sick from the GA, so that was a bonus…..

 

Busy week ahead as I have the camera down tummy Wednesday, follow up appt for that Thursday and hand appt Friday. Such a busy social life NOT !!!!

Oh and an emergency gap foster dog arriving tomorrow, not the best timing but what can you do…..

Anyway another digi LO, have been playing with this one for weeks as I was trying to reproduce a paper Lo from papermaze here , it's going to be the first page of a mini book I'm making about the building of the conservatory. Still not sure it's quite as I want LOL...

Many thanks for all your lovely messages...

Sue xxx

Quick digi layout

So here I am trying o keep busy and not wind myself up LOL.

Dawn came for lunch and keep me company which was lovely and then I decided to have one last play for a few days and made this quick digi page. Such a gorgeous photo of Harvey, kit is by Dawn Inksip and is called Tinker.

I shall be back in a few days and hopefully the worst will be behind me.

Sue x

Wrist update

So finally we found out the fluid has no infection and the hand surgeon was amazed to see the wrist looking so good after last week's episode LOL

So as it stands, I'm going into hospital for 7.30am Thursday to have the wrist fussed, slightly bigger op than planned as surgeon has now decided to take bone from hip and put in wrist along with the pins and plates.

I had been down for a regional anaesthetic which I hate as it means you're wide awake in theatre but now he needs to take some bone I'll be having a full general anaesthetic. I've been told to take overnight bag as I may not get out the same day as planned but that's a small price to pay if we can finally get this dam wrist fussed.

Sue xx

Scrapped at last

Okay so it's been a while since I actually did a paper layout LOl, this one was designed by Janina for the Bramford crop she runs once a month and uses pp's from Cosmo Cricket "making plans"

As Dawn came over Friday to scrap and cut out and did the prep for it (took me ages because of hand) and then Saturday at crop I put it together. Photo is Ben in America with two of his cousins Gracie and Emily.

I have been busy on the digi front and made loads of cards, actually all my cards right up to April are done LOL. This one was made using Dawn Inksips digi kit Making tracks and is for Dawn's (different Dawn) grandson who will be two in April.

Lucky has had yet more tests and finally cushings has been ruled out, the other tests were of course inconclusive but her vet and we agree thinks she has an under active thyroid, so we've started her on the drugs. They will take several weeks to have any effect if indeed any but if we are on the wrong track they won't do her any harm. Poor old ducks has looked so old and tired lately, we just want to see her back to her normal happy bouncy self.

As to my wrist.................... and knee..............

Knee is much better, had a steroid in it two weeks ago and yay I can walk again, not perfect but hey walking is good....

Monday evening my wrist started to swell and then became very red and burning up (and up till that point I had had no problems at all), Tuesday morning a bubble of something nasty appeared over a section of the scar, so when we got to the hospital (appt to assess if I was well enough for surgery on 10th) I was sent straight off for emergency bloods. Anyway they also managed to drain loads of fluid out which has gone off for testing, bloods show very high white blood count and the arthritis count is through the roof again. Operation to fuse on the 10th now looks iffy as they have to find out what's going on with the fluid, the surgeon has kept my slot open as he may have to operate again on the bit done on October and December. Wrist needs fussing urgently to stop this fluid keep coming back but can't be done whilst it is as it is if that makes sense, so now we're in a vicious circle.

I'm  the surgeon tomorrow lunchtime to see what's happened with the fluid that has gone off to the lab, so fingers crossed all is well and I get the op Thursday.....would be nice if just for once a little good luck came this way LOL....

AWOL

Oops can it really be a whole month since I  blogged LOl well I do have the Mother of all excuses.

On Christmas Eve I got carted off to hospital by ambulance (always the drama queen) and not only had emergency sugery on the blasted hand/wrist on Christmas Day and knee aspirated but I was really sick with a major RA flare up caused by that darn chest infection and then getting the flu! so I spent the entire Christmas in hospital. We eventually celebrated our Christmas Day in the New Year with all the family coming around, lots of food and present opening and finally had a good time.

Unfortunately I need another 2 ops on hand/wrist as it's a real mess now, so 10th February I'm going back into have it fussed followed by 8 weeks of being in plaster and then when recovered from that a further op to repair the tendons I have ruptured, hand/wrist is totally useless and spends 24hours in a splint to try and stop further damage but it doesn't cause much pain, unlike the blasted knee that has caused me far more problem's, totally housebound but yesterday I had a steroid injection and am keeping everything crossed it works otherwise we're talking more surgery and quite frankly my diary is a tad full of hospital visits LOL.

So no crafting done at all but I fully intend to start playing with digi stuff soon.

Thank you to everyone who sent me such lovely cards and messages, when you're down and out it means alot!!!!!

Sue xx 

PS Hounds are all okay xxx