Surgery

[Eri's mom]

Hi again!
Well, Eri had her gallbladder removed last Thursday. They kept over looking it bc the ultrasound showed a normal looking one but the hidescan(that was supposed to take between 45 min- 1 hour) took them four hours with Eri. They came up with biliary dyskinesia, and her gallbladder was only working at 15%. It was large and abnormal looking and all lumpy, so they are almost 100% certain that is what was causing all her pain, not the gastroparesis like they thought. It got to the point where it hurt her to lay on her right side and her whole upper abdomen was swollen. The vomitting and diarrhea from the pain kept throwing her bgl's off, but now she's recovering.
We have been in and out of the hospital since September, this last visit, we were in for 11 days. She was just taken off of a dilauded pump yesterday.
She's retaining a lot of water, but I think now that she is home, she will get rid of it quicker. She's not as in much pain anymore so she is able to walk a lot better.
Her bgl's were bouncing a bit while in there...like to the mid 200's, but today she got herself back w/ nothing higher than 105 and now she is 65. She's happy with that.
She's really looking forward to FINALLY getting back to school! It's been 5 weeks...between the flu, then mono and then pancreatitis and that pain in her abdomen, now she just
wants to be healthy and "normal".

So, we're hoping that now that she is out of pain, she will have much better control over everything.

Sorry for the ramble!

[valc3]

Sorry that Eri had to have surgery, but let's hope this ends her pain. Hang in there.

[Granny Shanny]

(((Robin & Eri)))

This has to be a breakthrough of some sort . . . good to hear things are looking up - about time, eh?!

[Eri's mom]

Thanks...
Yeah, I seriously believe this is a breakthrough!

[Coppernob]

Fingers and toes crossed and lots of positive thoughts. I hope that this is a turning point for your daughter and you. :flowers:

[Ti-Jae]

Wow, that is so much to endure, especially consecutively like that! I hope she has a swift recovery and things can continue to improve for you all.

[foxl]

Ugh, I truly hope this is THE breakthrough and the pain is over with! Poor kid!

Best wishes to you both for a swift and comfy recovery!

[kgm0612]

Praying for a full & speedy recovery from the gallbladder surgery AND the end of hospital visits for Eri!

Karen

[davef]

Best wishes to Eri for a speedy recovery and here's hoping that it's the breakthrough she (and you all) deserve.

[morrisma]

Eri has sure had her share of pain. I think she's done her part. Get better soon!
Mike

[Eri's mom]

Thank you so much all :)

She's a little bit more pain today, but she wanted to walk a bit yesterday after we got out of the hospital to get her scripts and some snacks. She even tried doing some laundry, but ended up having either me or her sister help her out.
Her bgl's have been ok...
I spoke to the teacher liason from the hospital today, so she was taking care of the paperwork that the endo's haven't sent back yet.
Tomorrow we see her GP, so we'll find out when she can go back to school.
At least her stitches are popping out, so she's healing well with that!

[gettingby]

I hope for everyone's sake this is the breakthru you have been looking for. Tell Eri to take care and not try to rush it. (((hugs))) to the family.

[mortis505]

Goodness. Robin, I sincerely hope that this will be the end of Eri's problems. Give her and yourself hugs from your family at DF!.

[Eri's mom]

Thanks :)
I hope so, too.
I was concerned in the early a.m. bc she threw up ...but from the pain.
Her GP said that the pain will last for a while, so hopefully she will be able to deal with it. She's sound asleep right now, so that should help...nothing like sleeping through the pain.

[sable_032592]

my oldest sister had her gallbladder removed, she just can't eat fatty things anymore, like KFC, which she used to love... she has to be careful about getting a fatty liver as well, so dried fruit and too much fruit can be a problem...

[Eri's mom]

I had mine removed as well about 6 yrs ago.
Eri's liver is already pretty fatty and she wasn't crazy about having to give up her a lot of the veggies she loves and fruists, but she will as long as she can be healthy.

[lorilei]

here's to a new tomorrow ...please pass on that we hope all of you have a healthy future...