Just Need to vent, guys

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Okay,

Life's been too good, I guess. I was just thinking this weekend how

good my daughter Libby has been feeling....then she called about an

hour ago, crying that her stomach was killing her. She has a pretty

high threshold for pain and I knew this had to be bad if she was

calling me crying. Im two hours south of her so I can't help but I

told her to either call 911 or get her boyfriend to drive her to the

ER. She moved to LA a year ago for grad school but has been driving

back home (San Diego) for Hep visits, not having needed to get a

doctor up there. Between the two of us we don't even know what the

good hospitals are in LA or where they are in relation to her

apartment. Ugh.

So now, is this what a cholangitis attack is? Libby doesn't have an

appendix, her gall bladder was removed...she doesn't have UC or IBD.

She said the pain was like what it was when she had a gall bladder

attack (we thought she was having a heart attack!) She had a stomach

ache earlier this morning...but she wasn't surprised by that. If she

has something too fatty or doesn't drink enough fluids she will get

the upper right quadrant pain. She was in Philadelphia over the

weekend shooting the US Woman's soccer game and I KNOW she probably

wasn't doing a good job of keeping herself hydrated.... and flying

always kills her. Anyway, she took a half vicidin (which usually does

the trick) but the pain progressively got worse and then she threw up.

THAT's when she called me. Of course, all she could think of was that

she has two internship interviews this afternoon (Im thinking she is

stressed out by that also)....Her boyfriend Dash just called. He drove

her to Cedar-Sinai. They have her checked in and are waiting. Im going

nuts. Ive never felt so helpless. I don't know if calling her doctor

down here will help. Oh, boy. I just need to vent with people who know

what Im going through. My husband's response to all of this was to

give me a kiss and leave for work. THe poor guy can't handle this at all.

Thanks for letting me vent...

Mom to Libby, 23 years old (psc 03)and the absolutely greatest kid on

the planet.