back in the hospital :(

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:12 pm

well, I done got gangrene

The wounds on my side were looking good, seemed like they were healing well, then one day they EXPLODED with fluid and became gross hanging green loose nastiness. I went to the ER and had emergency surgery yesterday morning.

Apparently the fatty layer between my chestwall and skin all died in the accident, and it turned into a giant abcess. They removed the dead skin and a lot of the dead tissue yesterday, and now I have a wound vac installed. I have more surgery scheduled sunday, and likely will be in the hospital 3 weeks or so.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:07 pm

Tough break Ian. I'll pray for quick healing for you.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:18 pm

Here's some horrible pictures for ya.... don't click if you're terribly squeamish:

http://picasaweb.google.com/facetious.i ... 6bMscnB53Y

clreding · Post by **clreding** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:54 pm

Ian

I hope that you get through this quickly

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:04 am

Whoa, DUDE!

Get well soon!

You must be in misery...

Think healthy.

Be well.

CJ

dons · Post by **dons** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:27 pm

Ouch

Get well soon.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:21 pm

tmbg wrote:Here's some horrible pictures for ya.... don't click if you're terribly squeamish:

http://picasaweb.google.com/facetious.i ... 6bMscnB53Y

Well, at least you're plumbed for an angle of attack probe now.

Get well soon.

painless · Post by **painless** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:09 pm

Boy Ian, sorry to hear about your turn of bad luck. At least they are using a wound vacume instead of leaches or magots!

That wound looks nasty now, but give it time, and do what the MD's tell ya.

Get well soon.

Regards,

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:12 pm

Ian, I'm sure sorry to hear about the set back and the time in the hospital. We'll be praying that things get better for you.

BrickPilot · Post by **BrickPilot** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:01 am

Ian, very sorry to hear about your bang-up. Hoping you heal fast and completely, with minimal discomfort. Hang in there man.

painless wrote:At least they are using a wound vacume instead of leaches or magots!

Yeah, but maggots would be so COOL. The stories you could tell....

papakeith · Post by **papakeith** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:42 am

ACK!! Rest up, get well. With the additional plumbing at least you have a head start on your BORG costume for haloween.

RV7Factory · Post by **RV7Factory** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:55 pm

Yikes! Get well!

painless · Post by **painless** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:54 pm

Anyone hear how Ian is doing now?? From his last post, he was to have more surgery yesturday (Sunday)

Hope things went well Ian.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:04 pm

I had my surgery... at first they were saying that everything looked like it was healing great, and that they'd be able to do a final surgery the end of this week to close me up.

However, now apparently I've contracted MRSA, and with the amount of bacterial infection in the wound growing instead of shrinking, they're likely to reinstall the wound vac in the next surgery, which means I'm here another week.

And now, I'm having chest pains and trouble breathing... I may be getting pneumonia.

Hooray! The hospital is giving me more diseases than they're curing!

jimpappas · Post by **jimpappas** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:22 pm

Ian,

Sounds tough and having spent almost a month in hospital this spring myself I know how not fun it is.

Hurry up and get out of there but most importantly get well.

smithhb · Post by **smithhb** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:25 pm

Ian, are you at Kennestone?

LooseNut · Post by **LooseNut** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:08 pm

Ian,

That stinks ... i'm feel real sorry for you right now.

Best wishes for a quick recovery, my prayers will be with you.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:36 pm

smithhb wrote:Ian, are you at Kennestone?

I am indeed, purple tower, short stay room 109.

(short stay, that's their little joke apparently)

jimpappas · Post by **jimpappas** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:32 pm

Any updates on Ian's health status?

Been a few days and was getting worried.

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:39 pm

I survived another surgery this morning....

they put the wound vac in. Hopefully they'll start moving toward closing the hole up next week. Hopefully. I'm terribly sick of being here