smferlita
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Thank you both for your quick response! I had not thought about his magnesium level being off too. I think I am going to get him to his gp tomorrow and get a round of blood work done and let his gp handle it from there. I know from personal experience that lasix is not a drug to mess around with and I am worried that some of the symptoms he is having are from the lasix but it is hard to know for sure as they are also symptoms of ascites.
Thank you for your advise!
Thank you all for your insight. My dad did have the surgery on Halloween day. It took 8 and 1/2 hours. He came home about ten days later and was doing good until thanksgiving when he started to have right sided abdominal pain. Finally a week later he went to the er with fever and chills. He was admitted back to the James where they diagnosed him with an infected biloma. This is where it gets strange to me. They kept him for 4 days only, saying insurance was an issue which I am having a hard time believing. The night before he was discharged his surgical oncologist ( Dr. Schmidt) told him he was half way to figuring out what went wrong. Then with no further explanation he was discharged the next morning with prescriptions for two oral antibiotics and home health to assist in irrigating the drain. That was last Wednesday. This evening he was admitted again to the James as he went to his first appointment today to see Dr Saab ( medical oncologist) and developed fever and chills again during the appointment. Needless to say I am concerned and frustrated. I do not know what advise you all can give me but it is reassuring to read other patients stories that had a tough go of it and have made it.
