After two days of almost no sleep or food, plus a little chaos, we have a new plan of care for mom.
The hospital has been a madhouse and overflowing with deliveries the last few days. They had to send us to the floor with moms waiting to deliver because the floor for post operative moms was full.
As the day wore on, it became clear that the plan of care developed by triage was in jeopardy. The specialists they wanted us to see were clearing out for the holiday weekend. Trying to get answers from our Wednesday and overnight doctors, all presumably tied up with deliveries, was flat out infuriating.
Our attendee, basically the doctor our other doctors report to, stopped in this morning and took the time to hear our concerns and answer our questions.
A few hours later, a specialist had been cued up and we were taken for a second ultrasound where we got some bad news.
The abscess wasn’t drainable and might require surgery.
Time for a new plan.
The doctors decided to keep her on the triple antibiotics for at least a couple days to see if those alone could clear it up. And they just might. The pain on her left side has decreased a great deal over the course of the day.