Re: Just Need to vent, guys

September 15, 2008

Oh Marie, you have a good memory. Libby does live in Studio City. Im

glad you think Cedars is a good hospital. I keep reminding myself

that, whatever happens today, the ER isn't going to be doing anything

other than testing and that for any followup we have the name of a hep

our local doc recommended in LA (whose name escapes me now). At least

now, Libby will have a reason to go see him and get a relationship

started there. So, the next time this happens (which better not be for

a really, really long time), Lib will have someone to call instead of

us both running around squawking like Chicken Little. Oh, Dash just

texted me...they have her on a IV and she gave a urine sample. The

saga continues.

>

> UCLA & Cedars are both good hospitals. UCLA is probably better and

has a better reputation & statistics when it comes to liver

transplants. Drs. Saab, Han & Goldstein are some of the hepatologists

at UCLA who are recommended. UCLA also has a brand new hospital now

that is really state of the art. But Cedars Sinai is also a great

hospital, and that's where the movie stars and celebrities tend to go.

I don't remember where Libby lives (Studio City?), but Cedars & UCLA

should be about equally convenient.

>

> As to whether or not this is a cholangitis attack, I couldn't say.

But I'm sure she'll get the proper treatment.

>

> Marie

>

> To:

> From: mtc.wells@...

> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:02:36 +0000

> Subject: Just Need to vent, guys

>

> Okay,

>

> Life's been too good, I guess. I was just thinking this weekend how

>

> good my daughter Libby has been feeling....then she called about an

>

> hour ago, crying that her stomach was killing her. She has a pretty

>

> high threshold for pain and I knew this had to be bad if she was

>

> calling me crying. Im two hours south of her so I can't help but I

>

> told her to either call 911 or get her boyfriend to drive her to the

>

> ER. She moved to LA a year ago for grad school but has been driving

>

> back home (San Diego) for Hep visits, not having needed to get a

>

> doctor up there. Between the two of us we don't even know what the

>

> good hospitals are in LA or where they are in relation to her

>

> apartment. Ugh.

>

> So now, is this what a cholangitis attack is? Libby doesn't have an

>

> appendix, her gall bladder was removed...she doesn't have UC or IBD.

>

> She said the pain was like what it was when she had a gall bladder

>

> attack (we thought she was having a heart attack!) She had a stomach

>

> ache earlier this morning...but she wasn't surprised by that. If she

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> has something too fatty or doesn't drink enough fluids she will get

>

> the upper right quadrant pain. She was in Philadelphia over the

>

> weekend shooting the US Woman's soccer game and I KNOW she probably

>

> wasn't doing a good job of keeping herself hydrated.... and flying

>

> always kills her. Anyway, she took a half vicidin (which usually does

>

> the trick) but the pain progressively got worse and then she threw up.

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> THAT's when she called me. Of course, all she could think of was that

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> she has two internship interviews this afternoon (Im thinking she is

>

> stressed out by that also)....Her boyfriend Dash just called. He drove

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> her to Cedar-Sinai. They have her checked in and are waiting. Im going

>

> nuts. Ive never felt so helpless. I don't know if calling her doctor

>

> down here will help. Oh, boy. I just need to vent with people who know

>

> what Im going through. My husband's response to all of this was to

>

> give me a kiss and leave for work. THe poor guy can't handle this at

all.

>

> Thanks for letting me vent...

>

> Mom to Libby, 23 years old (psc 03)and the absolutely greatest kid on

>

> the planet.

>

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September 15, 2008