Thursday sept 1st I was experiencing some pretty severe abdominal pain and was convinced it was related to the drain that I still had coming out of a tube that had been installed in my lower right abdomen. I went to the transplant clinic to be examined and they drew some labs eventually sending me home telling me if it became worse I should call and possibly come back. Well, at 2am Friday morning I was catching a cab to the emergency room and having difficulty even walking. As it turns out, the same drugs that offer pain relief can also have a very detrimental side effect of "stopping things up" if you know what I mean. Kind of ironic the guy with Chrons disease being stopped up....I would have laughed out loud but I was busy crying (not really ). So, I can now empathise with the other half with that problem. The hospital is so huge and so busy that although I came in at 2am it was 3pm on the next day before I was admitted to a room. Unfortunately it was a shared room , but I figured I would be out of there the next day no biggie. Three roommates and five days later ( and I cant tell you after how many oral laxatives, suppositories, and enemas) I was finally allowed to leave. Of all the humiliating things the worst by far was having to have an NG tube re-installed through the nose and down into the stomach. This is what is used to remove the "stuff" the stomach is producing since it wont go through the other way and when you hear about people getting their "stomachs pumped" this is it.
As you can see I am not a happy camper!!! No fun putting it in and no fun having it pulled out!!!
I have to say that I was a bit envious of my last roommate who was admitted on Sunday and had received a kidney transplant. He was eating the second day and was released before I was!!! no fair ( I had not eaten or drank anything in the five days I was there) I remember it was a huge event that I could even begin to have ice chips after many days after my transplant. But I finally stopped feeling sorry for myself when they said I could go home>..........
(Happy Face )
I am currently at 170 lbs and to put that into perspective when I arrived here I was fluctuating between 220 and 227 with all of the water I was carrying around . So I am looking a bit gaunt and feeling a bit shaky but I cant tell you how wonderful it is to have no pain in my legs and feet and my eyeballs have returned to a normal white color.
NEW LEGS !
I have an awesome scar that is now going to be the focal point of my "grizzly encounter up the south fork story" :) that I would love to post a picture of but I am afraid it is a bit too graphic.
Well that's enough for now, suffice it to say that I am planning on staying out of the hospital and I cant wait to be home I miss it so much and cant wait to see everyone. Talk to you all soon. JB
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