Catnipped suffers major setback

As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running
a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays
showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they
did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely
failed due to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small
intestine connected to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into
her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give
her a colostomy on the other side of her belly from where it was before.
Her incisions from this surgery are MUCH bigger than the original
surgery back in Feb and the doc says it will be a year to a year and a
half before they will even talk about any reversal if it is at all
possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Ben

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On Oct 19, 10:06*am, CatNipped wrote:
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running
a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays
showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they
did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely
failed due to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small
intestine connected to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into
her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give
her a colostomy on the other side of her belly from where it was before.
Her incisions from this surgery are MUCH bigger than the original
surgery back in Feb and the doc says it will be a year to a year and a
half before they will even talk about any reversal if it is at all
possible.

Thank you Ben for the update. Is Lori still in hospital?

Blessed be,
Elizabeth

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:06:50 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running
a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays
showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they
did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely
failed due to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small
intestine connected to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into
her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give
her a colostomy on the other side of her belly from where it was before.
Her incisions from this surgery are MUCH bigger than the original
surgery back in Feb and the doc says it will be a year to a year and a
half before they will even talk about any reversal if it is at all
possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Thank you for posting Ben, we've been dreadfully worried about her...
keeping you both in prayer.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed and
stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day she was
scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running a fever,
she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays showed the
beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they did a CAT
scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely failed due
to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small intestine connected
to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into her abdomen. They did
emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give her a colostomy on the
other side of her belly from where it was before. Her incisions from this
surgery are MUCH bigger than the original surgery back in Feb and the doc
says it will be a year to a year and a half before they will even talk
about any reversal if it is at all possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I took
her home.

Ben

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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I'm soooo sorry to hear this, Ben. Please tell Lori my thoughts are with
her. (And you as well.)

Jill

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed and
stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day she was
scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running a fever,
she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays showed the
beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they did a CAT
scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely failed due
to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small intestine connected
to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into her abdomen. They did
emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give her a colostomy on the
other side of her belly from where it was before. Her incisions from this
surgery are MUCH bigger than the original surgery back in Feb and the doc
says it will be a year to a year and a half before they will even talk
about any reversal if it is at all possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I took
her home.

Ben

She must be devastated, as well as in pain! Purrs and prayers for both of
you.

Joy

In ,
CatNipped typed:
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was
running a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her
abdomen. Xrays showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs.
Puzzled by the lump they did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered
her surgery had completely failed due to a blockage in her colon. The
link where her small intestine connected to her colon had ripped
apart and was dumping into her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to
clean her out and had to give her a colostomy on the other side of
her belly from where it was before. Her incisions from this surgery
are MUCH bigger than the original surgery back in Feb and the doc
says it will be a year to a year and a half before they will even
talk about any reversal if it is at all possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Thats just not fair! I'm glad they caught it before she went home but
sheesh, which Djinn did she annoy to suffer all of these complications???

Many purrs for Lori, and of course for her worried husband.

Yowie

"Yowie" wrote in message
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In ,
CatNipped typed:
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was
running a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her
abdomen. Xrays showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs.
Puzzled by the lump they did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered
her surgery had completely failed due to a blockage in her colon. The
link where her small intestine connected to her colon had ripped
apart and was dumping into her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to
clean her out and had to give her a colostomy on the other side of
her belly from where it was before. Her incisions from this surgery
are MUCH bigger than the original surgery back in Feb and the doc
says it will be a year to a year and a half before they will even
talk about any reversal if it is at all possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Thats just not fair! I'm glad they caught it before she went home but
sheesh, which Djinn did she annoy to suffer all of these complications???

Many purrs for Lori, and of course for her worried husband.

Yowie


My thoughts are with Lori and Ben as well. Looking forward to GOOD news from
you soon.

Jay

Ben, Thank you for the up date. Sorry to hear about Lori.... I'll keep
you both in my prayers... Please keep us posted.....

On 10/19/2011 10:06 AM, CatNipped wrote:
As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running
a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays
showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they
did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely
failed due to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small
intestine connected to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into
her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give
her a colostomy on the other side of her belly from where it was before.
Her incisions from this surgery are MUCH bigger than the original
surgery back in Feb and the doc says it will be a year to a year and a
half before they will even talk about any reversal if it is at all
possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Ben

Thanks for keeping up updated. Purrs and prayers on the way for both of you.

Ann

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:06:50 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

As everyone is probably aware Lori went in to have her ostomy reversed
and stomach hernia repaired. Everything went well right up to the day
she was scheduled to go home. She developed a bad cough and was running
a fever, she also had a lump in the lower left of her abdomen. Xrays
showed the beginning of pneumonia in her lungs. Puzzled by the lump they
did a CAT scan of her abdomen and discovered her surgery had completely
failed due to a blockage in her colon. The link where her small
intestine connected to her colon had ripped apart and was dumping into
her abdomen. They did emergency surgery to clean her out and had to give
her a colostomy on the other side of her belly from where it was before.
Her incisions from this surgery are MUCH bigger than the original
surgery back in Feb and the doc says it will be a year to a year and a
half before they will even talk about any reversal if it is at all
possible.

I guess the only good thing about it was they discovered it before I
took her home.

Ben

Oh, thanks for telling us. Send our love and purrs.