Dr. Voltura got spouse an appointment with a surgeon in Santa Fe this morning. The surgeon advised this protocol, with a 50-50 chance of escaping an appendectomy: Take 2 weeks of a stronger Cipro and ditch the Flagyl. Spouse has to finish up his present course of antibiotics and then starts the extra strong Cipro on Thursday.
The idea is that the appendix has been festering away for about 3 months and if the surgeon operates now, it would most likely spill some of the contents into the abdominal cavity causing an infection.
If spouse waits, there's a chance the appendix will wall either heal and no operation will be necessary or it will wall off the inflamed area and make the operation safer. If an abscess does develop, the surgeon can drain it without an operation.
It sounds like spouse is in good hands. He went in to work today but may come home early if the pain bothers him when he's at the computer.
I have bunches of phone calls and need to get a package wrapped. I hope to go out late afternoon to try out the orthotics again. It's discouraging, though, that the tendon pain seems to have worsened. I have to give them a chance, though. I've cancelled physical therapy appointments for the meantime.
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