STRESSED OUT!
I haven't blogged for a while as everything as been calm and quiet. These past few weeks are a different story.
This weekend we had a cable outage one day and then power outage the next. The power outage is scary when temperatures are high. Yesterday we had 100 degrees and today and tomorrow in the high nineties. After that, a cool down. The power came back after a couple hours.
My son has been in and out of the hospital at least 6 times this year. The last two recent times he was in for a 5 day stay. He has IBS and a form of colitis. Two weeks ago, he was diagnosed and discharged with a diagnosis of Crohn's Disease. He came home for a few days and ended up going back to the ER and admitted. Another GI Dr. had his case this time and after reviewing the pathology report, she said he was misdiagnosed for Crohn's. There was no Crohn's in his system and the further tests proved it. He has had just about every GI test available at this hospital. He had a urinalysis for abdominal migraines and propyria. Those tests have not come back. He was discharged last Friday. Today he is back in another hospital seeing another GI doc! He always has the same symptoms of pain in abdomen - mostly left side, bloody diahrea, vomiting and dehydration. He has been on a bland diet, went back to work for 3 days and taking his meds. Goes back to ER again! Previous tests are being transferred to this hospital, praise the Lord. There is no way he could handle more testing and more radiation. His colonoscopy was clear, CT scan normal, MRA, MRI, other tests normal. It is a nightmare. I only hope this GI doc can find what is causing these episodes. By the way, the Crohn's med they wanted him to take was $3,000/month. Who can afford that??? So happy he did not have this disease. The previous hospital was one of our top facilities.
Last night I experienced what I thought was either an anxiety attack or panic attack. I was getting ready to go to bed and all at once I could not breathe and my head was pounding. I just sat down and tried breathing in and out until it passed. I was going to have Larry call 911 but after a while I felt better. I told Larry he needs to know when to call 911 and we went over what to look for.
I left Larry alone while I went to the hospital as it was not far away. I set him up with his urinal nearby and his ER device around his neck. I also call him on his cell. He did fine. Larry has been reading a lot lately - a book a week. I tried getting him to use my small Kindle but ended up just getting a large print book from the library each time. It's just so hard trying to take care of him and now worrying about my son. My son has a friend who has been helpful but she is not family and she can only do so much. Still I am grateful for her.
We need your prayers.
Julie
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