Good day at Mayo...

Hi everyone! Well, yesterda was a good day all in all. I had to start out peeing in a cup...can I just say...I cannot do it...for real. However, I finally collected my specimen and turned the sucker in. I also had do do a blood draw...which, apparently, clotted, so I got to enjoy that again. Next it was off to the CT Scan. They did a scan of my abdomen to look at the fluid pockets that had formed. They were really concerned about infection. When the doctor did the scan, the deeper of the two pockets was gone...wahoo...prayer so works. The second pocket, which was just below the skin was still there. He drained 60 ccs of fluid and said it looked like post-op fluid with no idication of infection. The only bummer to the whole thing was that the person ahead of me took much longer than expected and I missed my MRI. I talked to Dr. Aggarwal this evening...he called me...how cool is that? He said that since they did not put in a drain, they would not need to do the test in the morning. Sooooo...they currently have my MRI scheduled for 5:00pm...less than convenient. Dr. A wants me to go over first thing in the morning and see if they can get me in earlier in the day. That way, I can try to meet with him tomorrow afternoon to look at results. Our last task will be to see Dr. Dozois...my hot surgeon. He will do an exam under anesthesia to look at a possible fistula...blah. So, keep praying my friends. It is definitely working! I'll keep you posted. Love to you all! Julie