Tips For A Complicated Appendix Removal Recovery?

[Integra]

Hi everyone,

Just to underline: I'm not looking for expert medical advice here, but I am very keen on hearing from someone with any relevant experience and perhaps ideas on what the next step could be.

Namely, my loved one had a case of acute (perforated) appendicitis that resulted in removal of the appendix + drains to take care of the stomach infection. He's been in the hospital for almost a week now, but instead of the normal recovery route from where the patient stops vomiting, then establishes normal bowel function, gets off of IV, and is released home, he has instead been vomiting bile liquid for about 4 days in a row now, is still on IV (even though his bowels started moving) and can't seem to hold any food down.

I read that postoperative care of appendix removal has been getting progressively worse, and that there are increased risk factors for the patient that come with a prolonged stay in the hospital. It just doesn't seem right to me that someone not even thirty is taking such a long time to recover from what, though not an ordinary appendectomy, is not that of a complicated case as to merit such a drawn out recovery.

Should we try getting him to a different hospital?
Could he be allergic to the IV or some of the antibiotics/painkillers they've administered?
I've tried talking to the nursing staff, but our communication seems to follow a pattern where they downplay his symptoms, take just routine care of him, and then surprisedly reacting and shrugging their shoulders when his condition seems to be worsening.

I greatly appreciate any response. Thank you so much--

 

[SneezeStar]

Was in hospital for 17 days a year and a half ago exact same...perforated appendix and infection. By the time i left hospital my libido was higher then prior entering...they flooded me with antibiotics injected and oral and i think it basically wiped my entire body of serotonin.

 

[SneezeStar]

I was in hospital alot more than a week so be patient...worst case scenario is blood poisoning and going into sepsis..them giving me IV antibiotics stopped that from happening, just took time. Death would be really quite rare in his condition from infection if he is on antibiotics. The blood clot i developed was more deadly, that could have killed me.

 

[tara]

I'm very sorry for what sounds like he's having a horrible time.
A perforated appendix is not trivial - I wouldn't expect an instant recovery.
I don't know anything about the competence of what is being done there, but 4 days doesn't sound like an exceptionally long time for quite a serious issue.

 

[Integra]

Thank you both. @SneezeStar, glad you're still with us despite the complications!

 

[Xisca]

My uncle had recovered from a worse case, as at the beginning they could not even close his belly because of the strong drainage. The familly being catholic, at the worse moment they thought he would pass away and they gave him holly water from Lourdes. The next day he started to recover and they could drain, though he did not know about the water. He said that what sustained him in the pain was having calm and trustful people on his side.

I had a normal case planned in advance, and I stayed 1 week in hospital. I think appendix infection came for me from what I still suffer, flora gut being out of balance, and weak liver. May be this is what shows through his vomiting. Before this removal as a teenage, I always was vomiting bile when I had a flue.

All the best, stay relaxed, and before you visit him, you can meditate or what helps you to be joyful and feel expansion. This state is communicative, and at subtle level he will feel it, and this is very good for helping the body to reorganize internally. All his system is working to the repair and healing, and this needs support to the vagus nerve, which is in charge of this. You can really activate the process in a good way! No inner effort, just a truely good state inside.

If you have to speak with doctors in a way you think you will get stress, irritation or anger, it is a wise idea to keep the possible quarrel for after seeing him and not before. Even if you control and hide it, the inner state is felt by the healing system of the other persons around.

 

[RKIII]

Ask the doctor to see a specialist. If they refuse or if you are told it is fine and they continue to do what they are doing (treating reoccurring symptoms instead of root cause) contact a personal injury attorney who specializes in malpractice. They will probablly tell you exactly how to document the actions and behavior of the doctors office so that if there are complications stemming from whatever is going on the doctor's office will be liable for the paying for them.

I know that sounds scummy, but when i read you story, the fact that they are putting your loved on on a roller coaster and milking payments out by their inaction.

I hope everything work out.

 

[Integra]

Thank you all so much for the responses. @Xisca, I tried to follow your advice. It felt unnatural to allow yourself to be happy in the midst of a health crisis, but it is really the best thing you can do, even for the other person who's actually experiencing physical suffering.

@RKIII as things seem to be (thank God) getting better now, and we moved to a different (state-owned) hospital section, I won't be taking any additional action, even though what you said is most likely to have been the case. I think you're right. They were, I think, not milking the patient for the money directly, but trying to extend bed-time in very subtle ways. To me they looked like people that wanted to look very busy, despite the relatively low patient headcount in relation to the nursing staff and doctors.

 

[Xisca]

It felt unnatural to allow yourself to be happy in the midst of a health crisis, but it is really the best thing you can do, even for the other person who's actually experiencing physical suffering.

I am glad that you had already felt this, I apply to myself and it is incredible how it is possible to have a happy core inside a suffering body. Of course it has to be true inside, not a fake smile outside!
It is a pity we learn otherwise, and that we have to find so many things, that maybe are shown to children in other cultures, like buddhism. A mother in panick is no use for a wouldned child for example, but adults are still sensitive to this. It can make come back people in NDE, maybe the message I saw in Anita Moorjani too...

 

[Dino D]

Was in hospital for 17 days a year and a half ago exact same...perforated appendix and infection. By the time i left hospital my libido was higher then prior entering...they flooded me with antibiotics injected and oral and i think it basically wiped my entire body of serotonin.

Heeeyyy, the same happend to me (broken appendix, two operations, high libido, better sleep, very often i went to tge toilet, i didnt gained weight for a long time, and then slowly my bad metabolism came back) and i didnt know why? I had great libido evan if i have been in a super stressful situation, low calorie and so on... so it was because of low serotonine that my libido went up?