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January 23, 2006

Tricia is in the hospital

Tricia was admintted to the North Shore LIJ Hospital tonight.

We've been at the emergency room all day.

Tricia woke up with major pain in her stomach today.
We attributed it to eating Taco Hell last night.

Refried Beans, Cola, Then a late Wendy's snack..
Yep.. that should give you some work out for the tummy..

We figured the gaseous foods or food poisining.

Unfortunatly it's worse.

After a number of tests the Dr came over to us in the emergency room and said she had gall stones. They affected her gall bladder so bad it's very infected.
He said it must be removed.

Although people say there are useless organs, it still is disconcerting to have someone tell you they need to remove a part of you that nature made.

The second Dr (the one who will do the actual surgery) said it's possible to dissolve the gall stones with medication, but it will take a year and they will come back as soon as you stop the medication.

Fortunate for Trica, she knows a lot of people in the emergency room. Many of her friends are in that line of work. She was treated well and they made sure she was as comfortable as possible.

A funny part of this is (if you can see any humor in it) they gave her morphine for the pain. It was a bit funny seeing them put the medicine in her IV and seeing the facial reactions for the first 10 minutes. Tricia never taking any form of drugs, now knows what it's like to be doped up a bit.

All kidding aside, it's been said the removal is a fairly simple surgery.

They will be doing Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - or 'keyhole' surgery. A number of small incisions are made through the skin, allowing access to a range of instruments. The gall bladder is removed through one of the incisions. (the belly button).

Pretty scary (to me at least).

As the night wore on and she felt better we were all able to kid around a little.
At one point we asked the resident who was explaining procedure if we could keep it after removal. Tricia then said she wanted to give it to her close friend Samantha (who works in ER and was by her bedside as much as possible). The two played along.. and the resident's face was a sight to see. LOL!

We do not know what time the procedure will occur because it is an add on.
I'll update more as I can.

Posted by Me on January 23, 2006 11:50 PM

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