On Wednesday I was sent to the ER - I got to go home yesterday evening, but here's what happened as according to our Facebook status updates:
Feb. 19 (evening)
Me:
Enjoying some spontaneous mother-daughter time today! (And by that I mean, "I am so very thankful for a wonderful mom who will not only drive me to the ER but will also hang out there with me and make me laugh and distract me.")
Mom:
Dani's morphine is really wearing off & she's in some serious pain. Of course everythig gets funnier in the hospital & laughing makes the pain worse. Unfortunately Danielle just said in a whimper, "I need more...phine" which just made us laugh harder!
(In fact, I made myself laugh so hard that I cried, which made me laugh harder than ever!)
Me:
CT scans came out clear, but they're going to keep me overnight to run some more tests and try to figure out what's up.
Me:
Sleepover = woohoo!
...at the hospital = ooh.
There's a first time for everything, right?
[ texting while on morphine brings out the punny side of me! At least, at the time I thought so...
Chaela: What else can I bring you? Pajamas?
Me: Nah, I'm covered.]
Me:
You know Mom and I have been cooped up for too long when she starts squirting saline at me and I threaten to tell the nurse on her...
Feb. 20 (morning)
Me:
No real update yet from here at Memorial Hospital, except that I'm *this* close to posting a photo of the lion drawing I've been finishing up here (yay for free time!) that Mom really wants me to show you....
Feb. 20 (afternoon)
Mom:
Hospital room with a view:
Mom:
Tomorrow Dani will have scopes so the GI doc can see what's going on inside. Meanwhile, Danielle hasn't had anything to eat or drink since yesterday about 3:30 when we got here, but she's going to be allowed a few liquid diet items this afternoon. It's the little things, like food & water... Please pray for Dani & for wisdom for her GI doc. Thank you so much.
P.S. Dani still has a lot of abdominal pain, especially when docs press on her or she moves wrong, takes a deep breath, or laughs. This is now a No Deep Breaths & No Laughing zone.
Mom:
(in response to the ever helpful suggested diagnoses from friends commenting on her status)
Last night the ER doc said it's pancreatitis; this morning another doc said he doesn't think so. Not sure...
Feb. 20 (evening)
Mom:
Flowers and balloons and meds, oh my!
(Michaela brought me the flowers with the bear, and the white/yellow/teal balloon; my friend Gabriella's family sent the flowers and balloon I'm holding in the upper left picture; and my high school British lit. teacher and her son/my good friend, Jonathon, came to visit me for a bit and they brought along a book for me. How blessed I felt by all this and so many people around the country and across the world who let me knwo they were praying for me!)
Feb. 20 (night)
Me:
I got it! A typewriter. That's what my IV sounds like. A really, really quiet typewriter.
Feb. 21 (morning)
Dad:
Danielle is currently sedated for the Dr to do her work. Please pray the procedure goes well and the Dr figures out what is going on.
(I had gotten to FaceTime Dad about two hours before being taken down to have the scopes done. It was great to talk and pray with him face-to-face!)
Feb. 21 (noonish)
Me:
Hey everyone! I'm done with the final procedures/tests (I believe) and am just waiting for the doctor to come let us know what's up.
Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement and concern through these last few crazy days! Mom or I will update again once we've heard from the doctor.
Feb. 21 (afternoon)
Me:
Heading home!
Me:
For those of you who are asking what's up, the doctor found a couple places to biopsy during the scopes; the results weren't back by the time we left, but we'll know when we meet up with the doctor later on next week. They still aren't quite sure what caused my pancreas lipase levels to be high.
Thanks for your concern!
Feb. 22 (today)
Mom:
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the prayers & love poured out while Danielle was in the hospital. We'll have the biopsy results in a week.
The docs didn't come to a conclusion as to why Dani's pancreas #s were so elevated! but the sonograms & CT scans showed things look good. Dani's taking it easy at home and feeling much better.
