Re: Not real good news here...

[Guest guest]

Oh My, Donelle, I am Praying so hard for Glenn. Why cann't anything

ever go right for him. Ingrid

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> Hey all....

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> It's about midnite here....just returned from the hospital. After

I sent

> the update earlier today, Glenn called and was " gushing " blood.

Still having

> diarrhea. I told him to call an ambulance...he hemmed and hawed

and " wasn't

> bleeding anymore " it was after 4 p.m., I was at work in Baltimore

City with no

> car (car pool situation and not my week to drive), told him to lie

down and

> rest and if it happens again to call 911... then I called to

see if she

> was home early from work. She wasn't. The bleeding started again

and Glenn

> was still scared, he called my sis' cell phone...she then called

me to see

> what she should do.... asked her to call the ambulance and just go

over to my

> condo and just be with Glenn til they got there. ( to the

rescue

> again!!!) The ambulance w/n take him to St. Joe's so he's now at

lin Square.

> I came home first to clean up the mess. I told him when I

finally got

> there that he was just trying all the hospitals in Harford and

Baltimore County

> and City to see which one had the best food or prettiest nurses!!!

LOL He

> was/is on oxygen b/c of the blood loss, his blood pressure goes

way down after

> several minutes of not being on IV fluids....right now they are

calling him

> a " lower GI Bleed " case... he's in the Immediate Care Unit

receiving a couple

> pints of blood right now. He's stabilized...but pretty

miserable, scared

> and ooooh so tired of all this " stuff " ..... they have a portable

potty right

> by his bed... ( " Immediate Care " is below " Intensive Care " , but

higher than

> " regular care " ...)

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> We've called his regular GI Specialist. at St. Joes, who wants him

> transferred to St. Joes in the morning....makes sense to me....

stay tuned....

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> This still could be from the anti-biotics...but there are tons of

other

> possibiities too...my worst fear is something gone wrong in the

colon (cancer) or

> more bleeding in the esophogeal veins....and I guess it could be

something

> to do with the pump, as well.....they won't really know until they

scope

> him...which GI Dr. will do at St. Joes sometime tomorrow.

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> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

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