gmommy update

Well yesterday Gmommy had a consultation with a doctor at Emory. He checked out her stomach and said that he thinks she looks great considering everything. He thinks that she should def. have the surgery done. He told her that if she doesn't have it done that she could live 1-2 years but will eventually get a horrible infection that will kill her. So it's best to get the surgery done now. The doctor at Piedmont that is going to do it and the doctor at Emory want her to stay in the hospital 2 weeks before the surgery to get a TPN however Gmommy wasn't to thrilled about that so he's going to let her get the TPN put in and go home. And with her personal nurses at home with her all the time she's really getting better care at home than she would at a hospital. Also the doctor said that she has "jelly belly" meaning that it's giggly hahaha, which is good cause it means that her insides can move around easily. Some of the risks though of course are her old age, there's a 50/50 chance that she won't make it through the surgery, but they are hopeful. She'll have to be on a ventilator for a while, which scares her, who wouldn't be though. Also they said that once they get in there they may find that they can't fix it and then she'll have to be on a feeding tube for the rest of her life. And if they can fix it she still might develop another stoma, which will probably start the whole process again.

Whatever the risks are and the chances of things, it's still better than where she is now. So they are scheduling her to get her TPN put in, spend 2 weeks at home with that. Then she'll have the surgery. She'll spend at least 4 weeks in the hospital afterwards and maybe another 2 weeks in rehab. So there it is. That's the plan.

Oh we're also talking with the hospital about money. Seeing as how it was their doctors fault that all this happened, however that doctor no longer works there. So the deal is if the hospital pays enough to cover her bills and take care of her for about two years then they wont be sued. If they refused then they will be getting sue by the top malpractice lawyer in the state, who happens to be a friend of my dads.

So that's what's going on with Gmommy.