ER visit

I spent today in the ER with severe abdominal pain and nausea. I was worried that the blockage was back but the CT was clear. They gave me IV fluids and sent me home with Zofran for the nausea.

Home from the hospital

I was discharged from the hospital yesterday. I'm supposed to take it easy for a while and follow up with my gynecological oncologist in about 2 weeks. Hopefully I never have to go through this again, but because of the way the tumors are I might. #CancerSucks

NG tube

They unhooked my NG tube from the suction this morning and are going to leave for 8 hours to see if I have any problems with nausea. If all goes well, the tube comes out and they'll start me on clear fluids.

Still hospitalized

I'm still in the hospital. The NG tube is pulling a lot of acid from my stomach and the doctors want to wait until that drops before they start me on clear fluids. I'll probably be for at least this weekend.
The good news is that it's only a partial obstruction, so it'll probably pass on it's own. 

Small bowel obstruction

Last night, I took an ambulance to the local ER because of severe abdominal pain. About an hour after I got there, I started getting worse. I was sitting in a wheelchair, waiting for a room to open up, when I started sweating and feeling nauseous. I got someone to get me a vomit bag. They finally got me a room, gave morphine for the pain & Zofran for the nausea. They took me for a CT scan which revealed that I have an obstruction of the small intestine. They gave me a NG tube to help drain everything from my stomach. Once it was hooked up to suction, I stopped throwing up. They got hold of my gynecological oncologist & he said to send me to Mercy.

I got to Mercy about 7am this morning. My gynecological oncologist wasn't here but one of his residents once. The resident told me that they're hoping it will break up on it's own (maybe with a push of steroids) in a few days. Hopefully, that's what will happen & I won't need surgery.