Moving right along. Today's treatment was not any easier than yesterday's. The stent is the real problem, I'll mention this to Dr. Beadle and see what she has to say. Last night was fairly bad. I did manage to get the entire feeding in but at what cost? I vomited up about a third of it thus exacerbating the pain in the back of my throat. Not good. I was very tired so I called it a day at 9:30 PM. Today I felt a little better but encountered the same problem with the stent. After we returned home I had my first feeding of the day. Yum!
Sally went to work but felt secure that I was in the capable hands of NRIT (Nurse Rachet in Training) who will heretofore be known as Minime. Talk about cut from the same cloth!! Amazing. Even the speeches sounded identical. Dr. Beadle was happy to see me. I introduced her to NRIT and there is no question that she understood where it came from. She diligently took notes as I believe she has a telephone exam after today's session. Dr. Beadle said I was doing great, hadn't lost any weight which was good, and the throat looked like it was supposed to look (Horrible) She called Dr. Chamber's offfice and sent me there to see if he could make some kind of adaption to the stent to make it more user friendly. I'll see tomorrow if it worked.
The nutritionist was concerned about me not having seven cans of formula. I explained that I was unable to keep it all down and that I have been vomiting up some of it. She seemed more concerned about volume as opposed to quality of life. Dr. Beadle told me that If I felt the need to vomit I should open the valve and release some of the food. She said the vomiting is not good. She also told me I should continue taking the Senokot but I could cut the dosage back to two. Minime was busy pointing out all the people in the waiting room that had bottles of water. I noted that I had seen them. So, some of the actors may have changed but the play was the same. I guess same time tomorrow.
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Now as "minime" is unable to comment I feel the need to say a few, ahem, words in defense. They are just worried and love you.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry you are having a rough time of it. I wish desperately there was something I could do to help. However, seeing that if I took you to the doctor not only would I also act the same but I would be dragging three children in tow which makes the entire experience that much more enjoyable YAY!
Just remember, if you don't swallow and drink your water you are going to have a terrible time of it when they do take out that tube and you have the wonderful opportunity to taste food again! I promise to cook you a fabulous vegan feast when the time arrives.
In the meantime... go drink some water and then get a good nights rest :)
Counting down the days until you are better!