& Pam Update LONG

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Hang in there, Pam and ! I know it seems like a long and miserable

time, and is disappointing, but you'll get through this in time and it'll

soon be nothing more than a bad memory.

If you need a boost, read the patient web pages at Dr. Rutledge's web site.

Sometimes re-visiting other patients' experiences, even the good ones, helps

you put things into perspective and gives you hope.

When I was having a tough time, I talked to many post-op patients on the

phone, who Dr. Rutledge had call me to boost my spirits. He also asked many

patients who were discharged while I was hospitalized to visit me before

they left (Thanks again to all of you who called or stopped by -- you saved

my spirits!).

Anyway, talking to them helped me gain perspective on what my body was going

through, and helped convince me that I had made the right decision to have

the surgery. It also has sweetened my appreciation of my new health and

energy.

Hang in there, and don't give up hope. I know you've both had a tough time,

but we are all here to support you.

Your friend, Nan

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>Reply-To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

>To: " MGB Info " <MiniGastricBypassonelist>

>CC: <MGB-Friendsonelist>, <MGB-PostOponelist>

>Subject: & Pam Update LONG

>Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:57:50 -0500

>

>

>

>Well guys, I should have known things were going way too

>smoothly.....'s law has caught up with the Greer's with a

>vengeance....

>

> has not felt well since coming home on Saturday. She said on Sat. &

>Sunday that she just felt " yucky " (how's that for a medical description of

>symptoms?). We were hoping it would just take a day or two more for her to

>get her " land legs " back but alas......Last night was spent with no sleep

>because was running a temperature, had chills, complaining of back

>and

>chest pain, felt like her pulse was racing, etc........we started e-mailing

>Dr. R about 6:00 p.m. because everything she tried to eat or drink made her

>nauseous.....so we tried all the Maalox, Tums, Darvon, Zantac routine with

>little success....I finally gave her some of my Carafate (which coats the

>stomach) and that seemed to help the nausea......

>

>Anyway, our e-mail quit working about 1:30 a.m. so I couldn't send Dr. R

>the

>info....I waited until about 5:30 a.m. and paged him...he talked to me and

>then to (of course she told him about several symptoms she hadn't

>mentioned to me....duh! Did I ever feel like a fool)

>

>He decided we shouldn't wait for our PCP's office to open; Dr. R called our

>emergency room, spoke to the Doctor there and left orders of tests he

>wanted

>done.....I'm sure he thought this would expedite matters a lot but this is

>Caldwell Memorial we're talking about here......we could have waited until

>8:30 and had all the labs & x-rays done in the office and had the results

>sooner....it seems the ER Doctor order blood tests, urinalysis etc....but

>the lab never got the order....it wasn't until after 9:00 that a nurse

>noticed there were no lab results for yet and then had to recall the

>order in and order a STAT report........I shouldn't bitch, the Dr.'s office

>wouldn't have had the gastro-gaffin swallow material anyway, but it

>certainly wouldn't have wasted a three hour window that didn't do us any

>good at that point.

>

>Anyway, from the time we got to the hospital (6:15 a.m.) until discharge

>(11:00 a.m.) they ran blood work, urinalysis, chest x-ray, abdominal

>x-ray......the labs showed a high white count and some other things

>indicative of a kidney/urinary tract infection...so the ER doctor spoke

>with

>Dr. R about possible medicines and came to a consensus....but in the

>meantime, Dr. R wanted to do another Gastro-Gaffin swallow, just in

>case, to rule out a leak......Poor , Dr. R's new rule about everyone

>not having to do the " swallow " hasn't helped her a bit....

>

>RESULTS: Gastro swallow: No leak

>

>Chest X-Ray: Touch of Pneumonia

>Labs: High White count and some other blood abnormalities indicative of

>kidney infection...

>

>Rocephin shot in ER; RX for strong anti-biotic good for both pnuemonia and

>kidney/urinary tract infections; Tylenol or Ibuprofen for fever....

>Recheck with family Dr. in 2-3 days......

>

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