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I'm back from the hospital. I don't even want to talk about it.

I'll post here with LA Film Festival, Pixar, and garage news as soon as I catch my breath.

So...yeah. Hospital.

Just saw the doctor and they are going to admit me to the hospital. Just off the top of his head, the doctor estimated I'd be out maybe Monday or Tuesday, but that's just a guess of course. It all depends on how things respond.

Treating a Crohn's flair-up and an internal infection at the same time is particularly tricky, as the treatments for Crohn's are almost universally some form of immune-suppression. Not what you want to do when you've got an infection raging already. So the course of action will be attack the infection first with IV antibiotics for a few days, get another CT scan to see how things are doing, and then begin treating the Crohn's to try and get it back under control.

I'll be at Fairfax Hospital (Virginia). I'm bringing my laptop (of course!), but I don't know if they have wireless there or not. I'm going to guess that they do not. My baggage with all my chargers in it got lost on the flight back from LA, so I can't even tunnel through my phone since the batteries are dead. Grrrr. If anyone can drop off a charger for a Treo 600 I would sure appreciate it! :-)

Anyway, if I'm able to post from the hospital, I'll post. Otherwise, I'll have all my stories from my trip to LA all ready to go when I get out next week sometime. I really can't wait to tell all about it!

Mortality sucks.

...Or Not Hospital

Just spoke with my doctor over the phone and he says it sounds like I'm doing better. Instead of admitting me immediately to the hospital they're just going to see me in the office tomorrow. Short of being admitted, I'm sure I'm still in for some hurtin' tests. And of course, I may still be admitted after they see me tomorrow.

Hospital

Hey all. Things have been happening with the garage, and I've got lots of cool stories to tell from my trip to LA for the LA Film Festival and a special screening of Chasing Ghosts at Pixar(!).

In the meantime, my Crohn's Disease has blown up an I'm going to be admitted to the hospital for a few days. They tell me a few days anyway. The tests I had done show significant Crohn's activity and an internal infection. Very not good.

I promise I'll update the blog when I return home.

Wish me luck.