Out of the Hospital after Nine Days
Hello Everyone,
Some of you know of my current health issues and some do not. I have several e-mails asking for an update. So here is an overview of what has happened.
I went into the ER last Monday night with pain in my stomach. They did some test and found that I had gallstones and inflammation in my gallbladder. I was admitted to the hospital. My pain continued to act weird so the surgeon ordered a CT. He found that my appendix was also inflamed. They did surgery on Wednesday morning to remove both my gallbladder and appendix. When they were in their they found that a part of my bowel also looked inflamed. After surgery they ordered a second CT to investigate that inflammation. The results of the second CT were of concern. I have a golf size mass in my cecum which is in between your small and large bowel. I still have the drain in stomach to empty fluid from the inflammation of the cecum. The doctors don't think the mass is cancer due to the fact that I am so young and the mass being very smooth and round but it is a possibility. It is more likely to be anything from Diverticultis, Crohns Disease, a pollup or it may clear itself up by then. They just really don't know. The surgeon said he has never seen anything like this. The inflammation of my appendix and gallbladder look to be from the mass and did not originate from appendicitis. I was on two different IV antibiotics and they are being continued in pill for ten more days to make sure all infection is gone. I am unable to breast feed because of the drugs I am on. I am pumping in hope I will be able to return. I go see the surgeon on Monday and to see the GI doctor in two weeks. I will get a colonoscopy in three to four weeks in hopes to find out what the mass is once I have healed from the surgery. My pain is manageable with the drugs but I am still pretty uncomfortable. My mom left tonight but my friend Maggie is coming out on Monday night till Thursday to help me take care of Aviana with Jake having to get back to work.
I can't even describe how hard it has been for me to be away from Aviana and how happy I am to be back home with her and Jake. I am emotionally warn out and in need for some good sleep. I will try to keep in touch. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
Love, Myah
Some of you know of my current health issues and some do not. I have several e-mails asking for an update. So here is an overview of what has happened.
I went into the ER last Monday night with pain in my stomach. They did some test and found that I had gallstones and inflammation in my gallbladder. I was admitted to the hospital. My pain continued to act weird so the surgeon ordered a CT. He found that my appendix was also inflamed. They did surgery on Wednesday morning to remove both my gallbladder and appendix. When they were in their they found that a part of my bowel also looked inflamed. After surgery they ordered a second CT to investigate that inflammation. The results of the second CT were of concern. I have a golf size mass in my cecum which is in between your small and large bowel. I still have the drain in stomach to empty fluid from the inflammation of the cecum. The doctors don't think the mass is cancer due to the fact that I am so young and the mass being very smooth and round but it is a possibility. It is more likely to be anything from Diverticultis, Crohns Disease, a pollup or it may clear itself up by then. They just really don't know. The surgeon said he has never seen anything like this. The inflammation of my appendix and gallbladder look to be from the mass and did not originate from appendicitis. I was on two different IV antibiotics and they are being continued in pill for ten more days to make sure all infection is gone. I am unable to breast feed because of the drugs I am on. I am pumping in hope I will be able to return. I go see the surgeon on Monday and to see the GI doctor in two weeks. I will get a colonoscopy in three to four weeks in hopes to find out what the mass is once I have healed from the surgery. My pain is manageable with the drugs but I am still pretty uncomfortable. My mom left tonight but my friend Maggie is coming out on Monday night till Thursday to help me take care of Aviana with Jake having to get back to work.
I can't even describe how hard it has been for me to be away from Aviana and how happy I am to be back home with her and Jake. I am emotionally warn out and in need for some good sleep. I will try to keep in touch. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
Love, Myah