Big, big, BIG prayers needed for Allie- UPDATE on #148

[phesina]

Dearest Allie, prayers for you that you will eat when you get back home.

[Catty1]

Prayers that Allie eats once she is home with you - she is likely pretty scared.

HUGS to you and Allie.

[Grace]

Will they let her go home before she poops?

When people have surgery on their intestines, normally they have to at least pass gas before going home - to make sure everything is truly open down there.

[Cataholic]

Grace,
It is likely that Allie hadn't eaten in 2 weeks before surgery. She hasn't had food since surgery. It might be some time before my girl poops, and not eating at all only delays it.

[Grace]

Grace,
It is likely that Allie hadn't eaten in 2 weeks before surgery. She hasn't had food since surgery. It might be some time before my girl poops, and not eating at all only delays it.

I didn't realize it had been so long since she ate. Did they give her an tube feedings at all before she removed the tube?

That reminds me of a patient from long ago. He had an ET (endotracheal tube) to help him breathe. He pulled it out all by himself, and did better once it was out. It's called a therapeutic extubation.

[Cataholic]

Grace-
She had an NT about 11 hours after surgery, until today, so about 1.5 days. My understanding is that it was a constant drip. The plan is to entice her to eat, or, on Monday, she gets the ET.

I have her secured in a room, with no jumpable objects. She is kind of dazed...but, much more interactive then she was this am. I am still debating whether I will sleep in there, or leave her alone.

The pathology came back on the intestine. I already knew the mass was LGL, or something like that...a non-responsive form of lymphoma to chemo. The ends of the intestine, that were removed to hopefully obtain clean margins, showed a more common and better treatable form of lymphoma. So, Allie will undergo chemo, God willing.

I could just cry. But, what is the point? One foot in front of the other, with an eye towards a finish line.

thanks again,
Johanna

[lizbud]

Johanna, (((Hugs))) Allie might have a sore throat from the tube. It
might make eating uncomfortable at first. I think she sounds pretty good
considering the invasive surgery she had. Keeping her from moving around
may be more important than her eating just yet.

Can she stay in a crate or cat carrier overnight?