It cb again from Contrafactual.com
(Sigh) Doug is back in the hospital again in Scott’s Bluff.
As many of you know Doug is on dialysis. Yesterday his fistula sprung a leak and long story short his apartment looks like a crime scene. CSI Alliance has their work cut out for them.
Doug called me this morning to let me know what what going on and this is the first time I have had a sufficiently good internet connection (and wasn’t driving) to post and update.
Doug is doing fine now someone has their finger in the dike so to speak. Kitty boys are safe but a bit rattled from all of the commotion from the blood and the first responders. Judy is taking good care of them.
I don’t know if he will do so, but I am sure that Doug would love to tell you the details in more colorful language than I have used here.
Anyway that’s it – I’ll post more as I know it.
cb (for Doug)
PS – Sir Edmund Hillary and Pickles wish Doug a speedy recovery and say hi to Andy and Dougy
Note their intense concern
Poor Mr. Doug, to have had to go through that. I hope he was treated like a king at the hospital. Purr purr purr.
I got excellent care!
Thank you for the update. Please let him know I am praying for him.
Thank you! I am home as of Tuesday the 13th.
doug, get well soon, prayers to you for a speedy and complete recovery ~ ♥♥☺☺
Thank you! As horrific as the experience was – see Post 2168 – it was a relatively straihght forward fix. My stay in hospital was short and pain free.
waves two ewe Sir Edmund Hillary and Pickles frum da tabbies oh trout towne !! ☺
Chris (cb) was very gratious about posting that update, and the photos of his kitties was a pleasant bonus!
dad…..stop leevin uz N come bak home soon, like now, pleez ~~~~♥♥♥♥ andy & dougy
They were traumatized by all the emergency personnel and piolice that came into the apartment to prepare me for transport to the emergency roomn, but they also weere alarmed (!0 by all the blood everwhere. Mre. Too.
We are sending purrayers and POTP to Mr Doug and the Kitty Boys. Thanks for letting us know how things are going and that the boys are well cared for while Doug recovers.
Oh my goodness, how awful! I am so sorry to hear this. Sir Edmund Hillary and Pickles are absolutely glorious, though. How good of them to step in on behalf of Andy and Dougy.
I am most appreciate of that, too! (They are beautiful kitties, eh?!)
I understand as much as I suffered of a similar thing . Last Saturday my fistula sprung a leak too and my jacket was full of blood but I still was at the hospital
My best wishes fir Doug
In friendship
Michel
ps ; your black and white cats do not like too tired ! 🙂
Gad! It is the risk one deals with when one has a b=fistula! When you read my Post 2168, where a fullk description of the ordeal, you will, I hope, learn something that can help you avoid the worst possible bleed out. It was the worst experience of my life, Michel!
Get well soon, Doug!! We’re all missing you.
Though it was a horrific experience, it was one the doctors were able to address wuickly. I went into the hospital on Saturday morning, and was out by Tuesday afternoon.
Prayers coming again from Las Vegas, NV. Thank you so much for your updates. Your kitty children are beautiful.
Thank you! Chris (cb) was very gracious about writinmg and posting the update for those who follow my blog. His kitties were a surprise addition to the post. Beautitful catd, aren’t they!
we send lots of hugs and POTP and positive thoughts to Doug… and we hope that he is together with the boys sooon….
Thank you! It was short stay, again, at the hospital for me, yet I still missed the kitty boys terribly.
Glad the stay was short this time. I bet the kitty boys missed you lots too!
They were traumatized by it, but my friend Judy (who took care of them when I was gone) helped them out. They both greeted me when I arrived home, and have gradually become less clingy.
Oh, poor boys. Extra scritches for them for a while from all of us. BAS
I’ve been spending more time with them to help them feel secure again.
Thanks for updating us again, CB! All of us here on the farm wish Doug a speedy recovery from this latest scare, and hope he is back home soon. Many thanks to his neighbor for taking care of the kitty boys while he is in the hospital again. I know they miss him while he is away.
It was a quick time at the hospkital. I sent in Saturday, and got out Wednesday afternoon. Though my friend Judy (who took care of the kitty boys) cleaned up the horrific bloody mess in the bathroom to a big dg=egree, there are lots of other blood splatters to deal with. I bled a frightening ab=mount oif blood.
I am glad you are home and OK, Doug! We worry about you!
I have a good support system of friends here and, through the Internet, around the world. I am appreciative of the concern and real time help I get!
Thanks for the update, Sir.
Poor Doug is having it bad at the moment. I hope things get back to normal soon, and Doug and his kitties can find some normality soon.
Thank you, Gerry! You and I don’t mess around with the little things when the big things are possible! Fortunately, the fix was simple, after studying years to become a surgeon and practicing decades more, so I’m glad the fellow whi met me in the emergency room at the Scottsbluff hospital happened to have those credentials. He also was the surgeon who created the fistula in the first place.
Grand, heartening news, Doug!
Cheers!
Indeed!
Oh no! The way you describe it made me laugh, I confess, but I’m hoping this gets fixed and Doug is back home with the kitty boys.
Your kitties look adorable! Thank you for giving us an update.
Thank you again for letting us know, cb. So sorry to hear Doug has to be in the hospital again. I sure missed his post this morning! I hope Doug will recover quickly and come home soon. Sir Edmund Hillary and Pickles are really cute kitties.
Sir Ed and Pickles are lovely cats but don’t tell Andy and Dougy I said so!!
Amdy and Dougy are quirte4 comfortable with Sir Edmund Hillary and Pickles (both beautiful kitties!0 because they are in Nebraska, and the other kitties are in Texas!
Not again! Please convey to Doug my wishes for speedy recovery!
Thank you, Dolly. You can read the gruelling detaiuls in Post 2168, today’s return blog. It was a frighgtening experience, once people with dialysis fistulas need to be alert to.
I’ll go read