April 25, 2007
Well, where to start. We are now in Children’s Hospital again, with pancreatitis again, and have been since Sunday night. Natalie began throwing up on Sunday morning at home, and after keeping a close eye on her, we brought her into Children’s, but that’s not where the story ends.
On Saturday night, Tricia’s Crohn’s disease began acting up, severly. I had to call an ambulance to get her and take her into the hospital because she was in so much pain (Thanks to the Burlington crew!). Tricia is still in the hospital, and will undergo abdominal surgery on Thursday to remove the affected portion with Crohn’s and also fix her abcess, which had come back. I am keeping updates current, as much as possible, on my blog.
So back to Natalie, she was throwing up on Sunday, quite a lot, and I just had a gut feeling that it was pancreatitis. No matter how much I was hoping it was just a simple stomach virus, I just had that gut feeling. You know, when it rains it pours. After sitting in the Emergency Room until about 1 a.m., the blood results starting coming in and her lypase (pancreas enzyme level) was over 8,000.
We finally got into her room, and she was sleeping so good. The next days blood draw showed her lypase was over 15,000. This got us a little scared as it is the highest she has ever had. On Tuesday, it was back down to 7,800 so we are moving in the right direction. Today (Wednesday) is is around 1,300 and we are hoping to start some feeds and oral fluid intake with her to see how she handles it.
If all goes well, we are hoping that we can come home on Saturday. This still just leaves the question of why does it keep flaring up? The doctors aren’t sure, so pray for some guidance to find a solution to this as Natalie shouldn’t have to endure this every three or four months.