Another Hospital stay =(

Well, I hope everyone is doing well today...I'm much better today! I just spent another 3 days in the hospital due to an infection. It came out of no where! I was feeling great last week..the best since surgery (June 7th). I woke up Wed. Morning and had to run to the bathroom..but I passed all blood..VERY SCARY. I finished in the bathroom and went for my bedroom phone to call the MD. But I didn't make it..I passed out in the middle of my bedroom...my 5 year old daughter woke me up. She was so great! She wasn't scared or anything! She told me I fell and I would be ok...I can't believe how calm she was. Anyway, After several phone calls to the MD, my mom, and hubby at work we called 911 and they took me back to the Hosp. I went through every scope possible then finally after being there for 3 nights they got more lab work back and realized I had a bowel infection...and a small ulcer. I'm on lots of meds but doing great. I just wanted to share with everyone just in case anyone has something like this come up. I hope to get through this mess quickly and back on my weight loss track! ~Issy

Wow, I just had a major set back too. I was to see my surgeon for a follow-up appointment on Wed, 6-22-05. I showered and felt so tired, woozy and sick. I was fairly good when sitting but every time I got up, I felt light headed and fainty. I got dressed and was about to drive in when just after climbing the stairs, I could barely stand. I got all sweaty and weird. My daughter called and encouraged me to call the doctor. I did and he told me to go to the ER. I don't know how I drove there, angels must have carried me. By the time I got to the ER, I felt so awful. They kept me in the ER for 4 hours, giving me fluids and checking my hemaglobin. I had had a bloody stool as well. They admitted me to the hospital and I got worse and worse until at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning, I fainted when I got up to the bathroom and had another bloody stool. My blood pressure dropped to 80/40 and they were having a very difficult time getting it up again. I was transferred to ICU and had a blood transfusion, which really helped. I was discharged to my sister's house on Friday. They said I had a GI bleed and that it was blood from the surgery. They expect no other problems except now I am anemic and can't take iron for another 3 weeks or so... So, I need to do a lot of resting!!! Which I will. Things are on the upswing now. I can have cream and tomato soups and no more bleeding, whew. Glad we are both alive and well and that things are good again. I even went to a park with my sis for a little while yesterday Good luck to you!! Glad you are getting better! Jo

Wow....I'm sorry to hear that both of you had to go through all of that. How scarey.... Issy, your five year old is a champ! Thank God you both are doing okay now. I'm also thankful that you posted your experiences so others can learn from it. ((Hugs)) Get plenty of rest and I pray both of you have speedy and complete recoveries. Pam

SORRY to hear both of you had such scary moments. We all know going into this of the complications but we hope to not have them. GLAD you all are home and doing much better! GOOD LUCK!!!!! (((HUG)))!!!!!!!!!! AND hope the rest of your recovery is much much better. LISA