Another wild turn of events this week! 🙃
Actually I wish winding up back in emerg was wild but it’s kind of not at this point.
I woke up in extreme pain early Monday morning and my mom phoned an ambulance to bring me into Rockyview emerg and they hooked me up to the usual cocktail of IV fluids, pain meds and anti nausea meds.
I stayed in the hallway on a stretcher for probably around 8 hours if not more before getting a room in emerg, then at 3 am Tuesday was transferred up to a room in unit 93.
Before the transfer they did a whole bunch of tests again.. bloodwork, CT, ECG, swabs etc. They found that I had high white blood cells (can signify infection) and the CT showed another intestinal blockage along with a large volume of ascites (fluid buildup in my abdomen due to irritation due to the presence of the tumors).. everything else came back relatively normal.
The ascites (alongside the actual tumors) is the likely culprit for my pain and all the pressure and discomfort I always feel SO we did a fun little procedure and drained out 1L of fluid from my abdomen ✌🏼
They also opened up my g tube and hooked that up to suction.
Because of these two procedures, I was able to actually find a little bit of comfort for the first time in weeks ☺️ and slept a bit more than usual. Shoutout to the great doctors and nurses that made that all happen instead of just trying to treat my symptoms with band aids and IV drugs 💛