Minor complications

Mom has had some issues with her drainage tube and blood clotting in the tube, causing it not to drain. She was at the doctor's office last weekend, yesterday (Dad too her those times) and I took her today. She was scared, because the fluid in her tube today was very dark and it wasn't like that before. The nurse, Paula, told her to come in and luckily, Dr. Pratt was there as well. Dr. Pratt did a quick check and said that the fluid coming through the tube is old blood that needed a place to go. She said that during the surgery that was a bit of bleeding in the incision. That blood was sitting there for the past 10 days and needed to get out. She told my mom not to worry and that everything looked fine. She didn't see or feel another blood clot and mom wasn't in any type of pain. She thought that the drain would be removed early next week. Dr. Pratt gave my mom a big hug and that thankfully, helped to settle mom down.

This was the first time, since the original diagnosis in December that Mom was really scared. She couldn't concentrate this morning until she talked to the doctor's office. She didn't know if that dark fluid was a good or bad thing. I would have been scared too. It didn't look good. Thankfully, once Dr. Pratt and Paula explained everything, Mom calmed down.

Next step...getting the drain removed next week.

Mom wanted to go to an all afternoon "survival" seminar at "The Gathering Place" tomorrow. Unfortunately, she can't drive until the drain is out. Dad is working, I have a friend's baby shower to go to and Sue is with the kids. I was trying to encourage Mom to get a friend to drive her to the seminar and I would pick her up. As of this afternoon, she wasn't going to go, but now that she is feeling better about the drainage tube, she might change her mind for tomorrow. I hope that she goes.