Tuesday, February 03, 2004
So Sunday night sucked. Sure the game was great, as exciting as it could possibly be and I did get to watch the game, at least the entire 4th quarter which was when the fun was, but I had to watch it in the hospital, and that sucked. Karoliina came down with some real bad stomach pain on Sunday night and had to go to the hospital. We thought it was gas, but it was unrelenting and after an hour we decided that enough was enough and we called a cab and went to the emergency room.
That was Sunday night. It is Tuesday morning and she is still there. They have done all sorts of tests and there is no cancerous anything in her body, for which we are grateful. It turns out that she does have some gall bladder stones and they are going to remove them this afternoon, which means that she will hopefully be home tomorrow. I sincerely hope that this is the cause of the pain. The doctors were unable to ascertain the root of the pain and because they were unsure of what was causing the pain, they couldn't give her proper medication. She was finally given some pain relief and was able to get some sleep. I got home at 4pm Monday and went to bed at 6pm and woke up this morning at 7am. I am off to the hospital now to bring Karoliina a pair of tweezers - her eyebrows are getting a bit unruly (as sure a sign as any that the pain is going away and her spirits are up).
I will keep you all posted when anything new develops. But all things considered, a few stones ain't too bad.
I just got back from the hospital to visit Karoliina. She was resting and was not in pain. She will go into surgery later this afternoon and should be at home late Thursday or Friday. She was in a good mood, and made me pluck her eyebrows. The doctor will remove the stones and look around to see if there is anything else in there that could be causing her pain - perhaps an ulcer.
That was Sunday night. It is Tuesday morning and she is still there. They have done all sorts of tests and there is no cancerous anything in her body, for which we are grateful. It turns out that she does have some gall bladder stones and they are going to remove them this afternoon, which means that she will hopefully be home tomorrow. I sincerely hope that this is the cause of the pain. The doctors were unable to ascertain the root of the pain and because they were unsure of what was causing the pain, they couldn't give her proper medication. She was finally given some pain relief and was able to get some sleep. I got home at 4pm Monday and went to bed at 6pm and woke up this morning at 7am. I am off to the hospital now to bring Karoliina a pair of tweezers - her eyebrows are getting a bit unruly (as sure a sign as any that the pain is going away and her spirits are up).
I will keep you all posted when anything new develops. But all things considered, a few stones ain't too bad.
I just got back from the hospital to visit Karoliina. She was resting and was not in pain. She will go into surgery later this afternoon and should be at home late Thursday or Friday. She was in a good mood, and made me pluck her eyebrows. The doctor will remove the stones and look around to see if there is anything else in there that could be causing her pain - perhaps an ulcer.
// posted by Howard @ 8:33 AM 
