Catch Up and Review

Tuesday was my second return visit post-surgery to Dr.Yuen. Again they saw no sign of infection when they changed my dressing..... thank goodness. a small middle part is still not growing skin, but dr. Y is confident we're still moving forward. on the next surgery he can cover the skinless part with more artificial skin graft and use my skin to graft over that layer and the rest.

Later i met with Dr.Frear, the doctor in internal medicine who will be my primary doctor from now on at UAMS. i think he got a good grasp of everything and was very encouraging. Already he cut out 4 medications that were duplications or unnecessary and referred me to the cumidin clinic and sent me to the lab to test my cumidin and thyroid levels.

Kevin,.. my family practice doctor, in private practice, is good, but it was difficult for him to coordinate with the 6 or 7 doctors in the many services at uams who are all working my case. i suggested that at least until i'm healed from all of this, i get a primary doc at uams. you should have seen the relief on his face!! john or i had listed him as primary doc before each new doctor's visit, but he had not received one progress note. he first learned of my accident when i was discharged after more than 2 months and went in to get refills from him. He's supposed to have a number code to get into my records at uams, but hasn't been able to get it. now he won't have to.

Let me count the services who are working my case: trauma team, in ER, pulmonary, cardiac, (these first few may have only been for the first days or weeks. john said it was amazing how coordinated and competent they all were. I was kept in a coma those first 3 weeks, mercifully. john hardly left ICU all that time) orthopaedic, neurology, plastic surgery for skin grafts, vascular, internal medicine, infectous disease. I think that's enough!!!

I feel very good about having my Dr. Frear to keep everyone and everything straight for me and his positive attitude re. my recovery at this point just being a matter of time, as long as the infection stays away and he's confident i'm on the right dose and course of treatment.

john is now giving me the vancomycin every 18 hours or as indicated by the blood tests for 4 more weeks.

THANKS AND LOVE TO CAROLYN AND BOB NELSON FOR BRINGING THE WONDERFUL SHEPHERD'S PIE ..nothing tastes so good..and the yummy peach cobbler,unmatched, delivered like cute teenagers on their 45th anniversity on their way to Bruno's. Happy Anniversary Carolyn and Bob!!!!!...

flo Pullen, thank you for your beautiful casserole. we're having it tonight!

Love to All,

Linda