Back to the hospital!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!

So Thurday I woke up choking and couldn't swallow anything - not even my own spit. Now this is not the first time that this has happened - sometimes I get a blister in my throat or it swollen because of sinus drainage etc. It usually clears up very quickly. I had a really bad feeling about it this time and I called my doctor that did the dillitation. He was very concerned about the fact that I couldn't swallow anything. He told me to come it right away and that he would probably have to admit me to the hospital.

I got down there and he saw that there was nothing going down and sent me over to check into the hospital and get another CT scan done, this time of my neck.

I will spare you all the horrible details of the fact that I was so dehydrated that they couldn't get an IV started and ended up sticking me 4 times and blew 3 veins etc.... and get to the good part. Their were no perforations of my esophagus and it was just swollen shut, so they started the fluids and some more prednisone. The prednisone finally got the swelling down and I was finally able to swallow at about 11am on Friday - I just got home yesterday at noon. Don't ask why the delay in getting released - I DON'T KNOW.

I would really like to take this opportunity to say that I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD!! Kristin left work to meet me to pick up MacK (b/c I couldn't get in touch with Shaun!!) - she ended up having to get back to work so her WONDERFUL SIL came and kept her. Tami took Friday off and drove down and kept MacK at home all day and night until I got home yesterday!! Needless to say - thank you just doesn't seem to even come close to expressing the graditude that I have for them all!!!

Bottom line is that I am fine - I am great, my throat feels wonderful and I am rested and back to 100% (at least for today!! haha)

thank you all for your prayers and support!!

Just another day at Mayo

So, I'll make this short b/c I don't feel the greatest.

Yesterday I had another dillitation and b/c of all the pain that I have been in the dr. went all the way down to my stomach. First of all, he looked at my CT scan and said that the "hernia" that the ER saw is not a hernia at all, but the large intestine that replaces my espohagus.

OK - So my question - what hurts??? hurts so bad that oxycodone isn't helping!

After my proceedure Mom and I went back to see the Dr. and he said that the pain is coming from a very large and very nasty ulcer. Back on meds twice a day for the ulcer. I took one dose yesterday and I can already feel a small improvement on the pain scale.

He is alos running some liver function blood tests, but said that he feels it is inlarged because of the prolonged use of prednisone and the subsiquent (sp??) weight gain. Especially because I gained so much so fast.

I am off the prednisone and don't plan on getting on any more any time soon - but I am getting on a big fat DIET as soon as I feel better.