Mom is back in the hospital and has a minor procedure coming up.
Her temperature was a bit high Tuesday evening. 100.3ยฐ F; barely a fever. Wednesday morning it had come down to normal and then went back up to 100.5ยฐ F in the evening. That, plus some discomfort that has persisted on her left side, warranted a trip to triage. We stopped in after visiting Kinley last night.
After an inconclusive ultrasound, our doctor ordered a CT scan. The radiologist found that her body had healed around a small pocket of fluid on her left side, trapping it and forming an abscess.
She’s been admitted and will be staying one or two days. As a precaution, she’s getting a few different antibiotics by IV. During her stay, possibly today, she’ll go on a trip to interventional radiology at the bigger hospital across the street where doctors will take a big needle and, with the help of an ultrasound, drain the fluid.