Tuesday morning an we are still in Fredericksburg. Our vacation took a sudden turn and Kate is in the hospital here in Fredericksburg. She has been sick the whole time we were here and hadn’t left the rental house. We had a great visit with the kids though. We went and did things but mostly stay at the house with Kate. Sunday evening she started feeling worse and then had a terrible night, with nausea and vomiting. So, first thing yesterday morning she called her surgeon’s office back in Evansville, and her surgeon said she needed to be seen and have another CT with contrast scan done. So, I got on Google and found out they have a hospital here. Heather and John finished closing up the rental unit while I took her to the ER at Methodist Hill Country Hospital. They then headed to San Antonio to catch the flight home. 

The hospital is really good and they got busy with Kate right away. They did all kinds of bloodwork and finally came back and said they systems were way out of balance and the abscess on her Colon is causing the problem. So, they admitted her. They have looked at several options; —- everything from inserting a drain into the abscess to keeping her and building her system back up with Electrolytes and antibiotics enough to get home, to full out surgery. The decisions were fluid all day. I think they have decided to not do any surgery because they are leaving her  Coumadin levels alone.  So, at this point, I don’t have a final diagnosis and probably won’t until they do another CT scan to see how things are progressing. But — they have her nausea under control and she had a good night last night. We are hoping now to get on the road by Thursday. Heather and John changed their flight plans to fly tomorrow and came back. I got us a couple of rooms at the local Comfort Inn & Suites. 

So, That’s my news’s for this glorious day. We may not yet be on the way home, but Kate is where she needs to be and is receiving good care. God has looked after us once again. 

Peace.