Hi All;

 

The Overview

 

Annette / Mommy / Tantee has been in the hospital all week; she went into Hadassah Har Hatzofim miyun on Sunday night; and Tuesday evening they moved her to the Surgical department, where she continues to get well. She was diagnosed with a colon inflammation/infection; her planned treatment is IV antibiotics in-hospital for a while, followed by oral antibiotics after her release from the hospital.

 

Actually, they’re now calling it Diverticulitis.

 

I found this explanation from a Mayo Clinic web page: Diverticulosis occurs when small, bulging pouches (diverticula) develop in your digestive tract. When one or more of these pouches become inflamed or infected, the condition is called diverticulitis. Diverticula are small, bulging pouches that can form in the lining of your digestive system.

 

Today’s (24-Apr-2023 11:00am) update is:

 

Annette is feeling much better; She even stole my laptop for a little while, and used Anydesk to look at her work email.

 

We got some more feedback and explanation about yesterday’s bloodwork and CT scan; However, some of the explanation was identified as speculation, as they want to confer with a senior surgeon and develop a plan.

 

Here is how I understood it:

 

Annette’s colon has developed a couple/few colon pouches over a number of years, and one or two of these pouches have collected a significant amount of waste. So much so, that it almost looks as if two of the pouches have possibly become connected.

 

And recently one or both became inflamed/infected as a result of that large quantity of stagnant collected waste.

 

So the bloodwork over the last few days indicates that the inflammation/infection is gone; but the CT scan indicates that the pouches are still lurking, waiting for an opportunity for re-inflammation/infection.

 

The doctor said that it looks like the correct fix would be surgery (I expect to remove the pouches). The doctor wants to confer with a senior surgeon here, first; and possibly together they will develop a plan.

 

The remaining questions are: is this assessment correct? is surgery necessary? is the surgery urgent? and can it be done as outpatient surgery?

 

We await the doctors’ conclusions and recommendations…

 

A few people have asked for her Hebrew name; it’s Etel Dina bas Rivka.