Robin's Hospital Stay - 05/06/05

 
Another quick update regarding Robin's hospital stay (after the biopsy of the lymph node between her heart and trachea).

Robin stayed in the hospital a second night because she continued to be very nauseous all day long, losing everything she ate about two hours after eating. A doctor came to see her and said that sometimes diabetic people have issues with their stomach getting "lazy" when the person is under stress. In this situation, food cannot pass from the stomach, so it eventually comes back up. He ordered a prescription for her. I don't recall her getting the prescription, but apparently she did because she seemed to hold down a little food from her "dinner" of soup and crackers. She looked and felt 100% better by the time I left, and they should release her today if she is still doing well.

The hematoma did not get any bigger, but it didn't seem to shrink either. Apparently, it will take a while for that lump to dissipate.

The nurses told us that we would not get any test results until at least Monday (maybe Tuesday), because the analysis is not done in the hospital. We were disappointed, to say the least.

I'll post more when we get those results.

Larry

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