This house is one block away from me. I can see it from my front window. 5/4.5 new house for 3.4M, sorry it is pending. [link]

Jen, does DP stand for "Dear Person" or something similar?

Dear Partner. I tried it out a few posts back and it stuck. Well, for me, anyway...

I'm glad everyone esle is into house porn, too! Which reminds me, I was just listening to a radio show where a kid called in a used the word "everypeople," which I like and want to start using. Very cute.

JenP what is the final happy ending to your long medical Odyssey?

The short version is: I have short gut syndrome now, but I can eat like a normal person (though gluten free now, as it turns out) with no IV or enteral nutrition necessary. Which is HUGE, because those things require picc lines and/or stomach tubes, and those were not fun in the least, though they are life saving.

Background: I had an incarcerated hernia, which they surgeried, but it turned out that there were issues with necrotic small intestines beyond that, requiring a week of surgeries for which I was, basically, drugged under and don't remember, resulting in a bunch of complications that led to a year of nine months out of twelve in the hospital with all kinds of tubes and shit (there's a lot involved in the "and shit" portion of that sentence, but "is too much; let me sum up").

Did I mention that everything turned out the unbelievably best that I could have hoped, and that my friends, family, and DP are awesome? The surgeon they finally referred me to was a miracle worker (or, incredibly skilled, perhaps?), fixed me right up and released me back into the wilds of people who can eat with their mouths March of 2020.

the wilds of people who can eat with their mouths

That's a good place to be! I'm glad it all turned out so well for you.

Did I mention that everything turned out the unbelievably best that I could have hoped, and that my friends, family, and DP are awesome?

I love this outcome for you! Well done Team JenP! I will treat you each to a (gluten free) cider donut in honor of your unstinting support.

Thanks, both! This one really impressed upon me the "be grateful" ethos that I try to maintain on a personal level every day now and the... "so now do something useful in the world, because... wow, the world." I am still working on that last part.

I am in favor of the gluten free cider donut concept!

ETA: and all the healthcare-ers, dear lord, they were amazing.

Laura, that is quite the caravan of souls! Safe and animal-happy travels, I would add. We used to do a drive down to Pensacola from Delaware just about every year to visit my mom's family... and stayed with friends in Atlanta and SC on the way. Good times! But we kenneled the beastsies.

That sounds like a heck of a lot, JenP. I'm glad things are significantly better for you now.

Whoa, JenP. That was a lot to go through, thankfully to a decent outcome (and how lucky are we that 'gluten-free' is a much more easy thing to achieve because of food trends now!)

I am so glad you are the other side of that ordeal, JenP. And yes, healthcare-ers are really amazing.

The cats were amazing on the trip. I took 3 days coming up by myself. I hauled their carrier into a hotel room 2 nights. They never made a peep in the car, except when I was on the phone then they meowed to let people know they were being held captive. They ate and used my disposable litter box without issue in the hotel rooms and let me get me get them back into the carrier (reluctantly) in the morning. I was so relieved. The dog is frankly more of a pain, barking and requiring walks and stuff.

That sounds like a heck of a lot, JenP. I'm glad things are significantly better for you now.

Thank you - it... was a lot! But, fortunatley, not too much.

Whoa, JenP. That was a lot to go through, thankfully to a decent outcome (and how lucky are we that 'gluten-free' is a much more easy thing to achieve because of food trends now!)

Yes, and thanks, and no kidding about gluten-free these days!

Thanks, Laura. I have to say, I LOVE dogs, but dear lord, cats are so much easier. If I recall right, your cats look a lot like my cats! I get my dog fix up at my sister's place; they have two right now, and my sister is angling her way towards #3. Her wife is refusing as of right now, but... she usually caves, heh.