So the wound on my leg is... not looking good. I'm also starting to show the tiniest bit of a fever off and on, which concerns me even more since that could be an indication that the Keflex is not putting a dent in the infection and it's starting to become systemic instead of localized. I'm headed to the Derm tomorrow, finally, so we'll see what he says about it. I'm concerned he may want to readmit me to the hospital, which, due to the fact I'm supposed to see the head of Intensive Care at the hospital my VSG surgery will be at in Melbourne on Monday, could end up making me cancel that and would then push my surgery back 3 months while I wait for another open appointment with him. Urgh. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.
On the positive side, I finally, FINALLY got my CT successfully done. I have easily visible veins, but I guess several hospitalizations have made them really hard to work with - it took four radiographers and finally one angiogram specialist 8 tries to get an IV into my arm for the contrast. Then they wrapped me up in super-strong binding straps in order to make me as narrow as possible for the CT machine. It worked just fine - no touching the sides at all. It took an extra 90 minutes because of the vein issue, but they still put the results on CD before I left so I'd have them. They also faxed them to both my surgeon and my GP this morning for me. I'm going to go see my GP day after tomorrow to review the CT results with him, and to get a referral for an ECG. My surgeon's office wrote "ECG" on the bloodwork form they gave me, and I stupidly didn't notice it. Apparently I need a referral for that, and they didn't give me one. Fortunately my GP is pretty accommodating, so he should be willing to help.
Anyone know anything about ECGs? When I called one office to see if they might be able to fit me in this week by chance, she said "If all you need is a simple ECG, we can. But if you need an echocardiogram, that needs to have a doctor present, and it'll be longer." I thought that's what an ECG was? I told her it was for a pre-surgery assessment and she said I probably needed the more complicated version. No idea what she's talking about.
In the midst of all this, we moved this past weekend. I haven't been able to access the kitchen or the fridge to even so much as mix tuna with mayo or something. Needless to say I've done the best I can, but fallen off the low-carb horse somewhat. For the first time in my life, though, I'm not castigating myself for it or throwing my hands up and giving up - just encouraging hubby to finish unpacking the kitchen so we can get some good groceries in here and I can go back to what I want to be doing.