Friday - 3 weeks from Surgery

I believe I managed to sneak out a post during one of my nights home from the hospital. That was Saturday evening and I went back to the hospital Sunday morning. Diagnosis: Small Bowel Obstruction. I was there until the following Monday (8 days later). The first two admissions, I was able to get by without an NG tube but the 3rd admission was a charm. In the ER, the put a huge NG tube down my nose which stayed for 2 days. It was horrible. My throat was so sore and I couldn't talk very well. THEN, that tube worked its way out and was just hanging inside my nose. We had to remove it and put in another one, which was much smaller and better tolerated. YUCK! They sucked 4 liters of sludge out of my stomach. YUCK! After a few more days with that tube, we clamped the tube from the suction and I started taking liquids. Dr. Rosenshein is the best. He was mostly in Baltimore where he practices but he was on top of things like he was right there. He is an amazing man. He is the doctor that did the original surgery. He is a GYN Oncologist. He called me last week to tell me that all of my tests and biopsies were fine...no signs of cancer.

Now up to today. I went to the doctor yesterday. The X-Ray still shows a bit of the small bowel obstruction. So, we are taking it VERY slow and I'm trying to stay on a liquid diet. So far, I'm holding my own...but just barely. After I eat/drink, my belly feels pretty full for a while. Passing gas is a great thing but that starts and stops depending on the day. I did last night, but not today. Still, no BM. (Many are waiting for that information). Bobby just brought home a Tony's Pizza and it is my favorite. I had 1/2 a slice..and chewed and chewed. I'll keep you posted on how that sits!

Thank you to everyone for the prayers, calls, cards, & texts. The support has been wonderful. I'd also like to thank the staff of 4E at our hospital. Everyone was terrific and treated me so well. Many thanks to everyone there!