Things had been going along without much changing. This weekend certainly was a change. I had not felt well on Friday and knew I was experiencing stomach problems and blockage. Saturday was getting worse but I worked outside in the gardens until about noon and came in because of the heat and the fact that I had completed what I wanted to do. Then things started to go down hill pretty quickly. By approximately 3:00, we went to the emergency room at Campbell Hospital. I was vomiting and the blockage was becoming unbearable. They took blood and x-rays and the diagnosis was: colonic inertia, vomiting and thrombocytopenia. I was given shots to help curb the nausea and stomach pains and given medications to help with the blockage. Before I left the hospital, I had already begun to heave but the nurse said I needed to keep it down…right easy for her to say. I lost everything on the way home and received no relief. About two hours later, we were on our way back to the hospital.

This time they used the tests from earlier in the day but also did a CAT Scan. The diagnosis this time was: constipation, thrombocytopenia and abdominal pain. They gave me the relief I needed this time and we arrived home about 2:00 on Sunday morning. Yesterday was not the greatest day because I was so very weak and unable to eat but they had also cautioned me that I was dehydrated and needed to be careful. Today is better. Went to dialysis and everything was ok there. Not the weekend I had hoped for but feeling much better now.