I hope everything works out for you both.

good news indeed! Glad she's feeling a bit better and I hope she recovers completely soon.

YAY! Thats great news.

May this be the good news you want for Christmas .

That's great! Merry Christmas to you both .

Now that I'm getting more clear-headed, I'm starting to wonder if I should be angry. Maybe it's just because of 4 months of not knowing what was wrong plus three weeks in the hospital, but I'm feeling that someone majorly screwed up here.

When she finally got admitted to the hospital, it was because her right lung was half filled with fluid. At the hospital, they did a ct scan to reveal the liver abscesses. Now, they immediately asperated some of the gunk from the abscesses and sent it off for research. However, we just sat in the hospital and waited during this time. After five days in the hospital, she took a turn for the worse and another xray revealed her right lung being completely filled with fluid. This is when all the bad things happened.

My concern is, why didn't we put in a drain on the first week at the hospital? Why were we just sitting around? I've asked a few doctors (she has around 8 doctors on her case) and they've all said they were for draining her the first week. I've also asked who was in charge of this massive team of specialists, all of which have pointed to the internist (sp?) who's also the one person who hasn't come to see and talk with me.

I don't know, maybe it's just time I hit the looney bin (give me my crazy crown back! (see sig)) after all that's gone wrong this year.

Good news though, she may be able to come home tomorrow. There's still a few months of recovery expected.

Best wishes for recovery to your wife, Onewing!

Doctors aren't really like the ones in House, holding pow-wows until they accidentally stumble across the cause thanks to a bad pun by the janitor. A few seconds later, the patient is feeling great, and it's time for a commercial break.

But to put this into perspective, as a friend of mine who recently had (and was promptly treated for) an infection of sorts that spread throughout his face and neck said, "Just think, even if I had lived only 100 years ago, that would have killed me."

Of course it's best to never get ill in the first place, but it could be a lot worse depending on where and when you lived... So if she has a full recovery (which we all hope she does!), you can at least be thankful for that.

You have every right to feel angry, but I'm not sure if you should be directing that anger at anyone (doctors in particular). Your wife is doing well now because of the doctors. We can't expect them to be experts at every single disease that presents itself, and it seems (from what you have told us) that your wife has some sort of rare condition. From what I understand, it doesn't sound like they were waiting for her to die. They weren't being lazy either. This case just needed that much time.

Focus on staying positive for your wife Onewing, because now that she has this second chance at life, I'm pretty sure that the last thing she wants to see is an angry husband. I KNOW that you are happy to have her back with you, so focus on showing her how much you love her.

God bless you.

Every time you say internist, I cannot get the picture of an intern from the Scrubs out of my mind. Why is he in charge?! Sorry.

While I would be upset if there was gross negligence (e.g., coming home missing a limb), an honest mistake wouldn't anger me. Obviously I have no idea if either is true in your case.

We will investigate, but apparently they can show signs of infection - will update after Christmas.