Re: Finally released from hospital yesterday...

From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Mon Aug 30 10:34:02 1999


At Mon, 30 Aug 1999, sherry wrote: >
>Hello everyone. I had a bad week, was admitted into hospital Tuesday
>night and released on Sunday. I had a lot of pain, nausea, swelling and
>tenderness in abdomen. Had x-rays, cat scan, ultrasound and scan of
>gall bladder function. When I was first admitted, my surgeon told me it
>sounded like adhesions, but he called in a GI specialist. The first
>thing the GI specialist said after going over my history was that it
>sounded like adhesions also. The tests were run to rule out other
>problems. All the tests came back ok. The only thing that showed was
>an elavated white blood count, which I was told meant inflamation. I
>was treated for a partial bowel obstruction/adhesions on bowel and/or
>intestines. I could not eat or drink, my nourishment came from the IV,
>and I was injected with pain medicine and med for nausea. I was slowly
>introduced to liquids and soft foods, and the worst seems to be over for
>now. This has happened at a bad time. Our house is up for sale and I
>have a million things to do. I just don't have the strength to do much.
>I'm sure everyday will get better. I want to read the posts and catch
>up with everyone. Glad to be back...Sherry

Sherry,I am so sorry to hear that you had such a bad time.Any time is a bad time but it does seem that things always happenn at the worst time.Just don't over do it,take your time getting your strength back.I hope you are feeling aliitle better today,"FRIENDS THAT STICK TOGETHER" PEGGY


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