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Lots of hurry up and wait.

We went to Thames because Auckland said they needed a blood test.

Thames did the blood test and were happy, and rang Auckland who were also happy… but Thames thought I was retaining fluid.

One catheter and 3 hours later we had a small amount of urine in  bag but they were convinced there was a lot more there, so they changed the catheter. (Ouch)

Two hours later with no output they tried adjusting it, which unexpectedly hurt, so they took it out then gave an ultimatum: I could stay for them to monitor (definitely all night and possibly longer) or go to Waikato to see a specialist.

We chose Waikato.

Long drive over there. The emergency department wasn’t overly busy but still a wait at reception, then passed through to the second waiting room, then see a nurse who said they were trying to find me a bed (disappointing but by this stage a better prospect than the waiting room chairs) then back to the waiting room.

Finally called in by the doctor, we went over it again, he did a quick ultrasound and concluded there’s pretty much nothing likely wrong with my bladder.

There is fluid in my abdomen, but it’s post-operative reaction and pretty normal for this stage in my healing from this type of operation. Thames had mistaken it for urine, but it wasn’t. Meanwhile the symptoms I had been experiencing in the past 24 hours were completely explainable as the reaction of two of the medications I was taking. Get rid of the one that got added this week and everything will return to normal.

So at midnight we could go home.

Perhaps Sunday will be a calmer day.