Keeping Calm.

Roberto Matta.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Matta

We were later last night then we intended, but nevertheless it was a relaxed night which gave us no warning of what was to happen the next day.

This morning I got woken up quite abruptly, I thought at first it was just because I heard Richie getting up.

Then I realised it was because I was not lying comfortably, I got Richie to move me which seemed to resolve my problem.

However it didn't, instead my discomfort got worse, I did my best to relax and concentrate on something else, I did not succeed.

When I felt that I really could not carry on any more, I reluctantly called Richie for more help.

He came over immediately, as soon as I mentioned that I thought there might be a problem with my catheter, Richie took a look.

Right away he told me that the catheter had somehow come out and was lying with the balloon deflated next to me.

By this time I felt I was going to burst into flames as I became aware that I was absolutely desperate to urinate.

Richie got the new catheter, he did his best but he could not get the new catheter into the bladder.

He also could not get a catheter without the bubble in to drain the urine which was giving me so much discomfort.

Eventually Richie decided to put the catheter into my uretha, as a temporary solution, when this was done, I phoned our doctor.

I explained the situation and she got in touch with the urologist at the hospital, which had performed the supra pubic catheter operation in 2010.

Tomorrow morning I will be taken by an ambulance to the hospital, where they hope to be able to widen the opening and reinsert a supra pubic catheter.

If not, then I would have to wait for the original stoma to heal over, when this is done they will operate again.

Hopefully there will be able to widen the stoma tomorrow, I've been worrying that something dreadful would happen and now it has, I am strangely calm.

Funnily enough just yesterday I thought why worry before the event, and now it has happened there is little point in worrying, I shall wait and see what tomorrow brings.

Happy Mondays

Connor Maguire.
 

 http://www.connormaguire.com/bio.html

Our general practitioner, Dagma, Doctor Van Wijngaarden called us around 12.45 to tell me she had got appointments for me with the urologist.

The earliest she could get was one on the 4 November, that is to talk to the urologist that is the time for all my questions.

The urologist will take a scan to get an idea of where my bladder is so that there will be no surprises on the operation day which is the 26 of November.

Shame it can not happen before the concert, I am sure it will all go well, right now there are no problems with the catheter which is brilliant.

Nice to not be consumed by constant worry about the catheter and whether something will cause it to slowly slide out.

Found on the one of the reasons it does that is if the catheter gets caught when leggings/trousers are put on and taken off.

Have therefore stopped Richie from picking up my legs and pushing them up to my chest as that was causing the catheter to move and therefore start to pop out.

Since Richie has s topped doing this as part of my mornng exercises the catheter has stayed in.

What a relief, even more of a relief is getting the appointments in November be excellent to get the supra pubic catheter and the end of worry.

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