Jinxed!

Well, rats...

I guess I jinxed her when I talked about not going to the hospital in December.

She started feeling sick to her stomach right after Christmas. We got a call Sunday night that they were transferring her back to the hospital due to another blockage in her stomach. She was to talk to her surgeon Monday morning.

She did, and he's against surgery- doesn't think she's strong enough to last. He wants to bring in someone to check if maybe they can do some sort of "plasty" for the bowel section. Sort of a colonoplasty? He hopes that may stop the problems before they have to resort to surgery.

Otherwise, it's the same routine at the hospital- pump her stomach until they can get the blockage to soften and pass. They also give her pain killers at the hospital, so she's a little bit in happy land...

We are also trying to monitor foods that may be causing blockage problems (like bananas?). We may be looking at foods more high in fiber to keep things moving.

Dad was with her through the transfer to the hospital and into a room- he was there until after 2:00 a.m. Last night (Monday night), she sent him home at about 7:00 p.m. and told him to get some rest; she turned off the TV after taking her pain medication and went straight to sleep! So, we haven' t seen her since she's been in the hospital this time.