Update on Jackie-any ideas?

April 26, 2004

Hey all,

I have missed everyone. Jackie has had a good year and a half,

really. Some minor flare ups. Her doctor has been managing her pain

with 4 lortab and 6 ultram a day she takes a few other meds

neurontin, cholestral medicine, enzymes. I feel bad because I

haven't been around and now that I need help, here I am, but I have

no where to turn. Last year I was divorced, I work third shift,

homeschool Jackie and her sis. So life has been busy and hard. I

was trying so hard to get Jackie some normalcy. Well a few weeks ago

she started hurting worse, when I had her scheduled for a big test to

test how she is doing in school, called a IOWA test, I think the

stress brought some of this on. Well, she has been vomiting and

hurting really bad. So Friday the doc puts her in the hospital, he

gives her lortab 7.5 every six hours and a little morphine, every two

as needed...she pretty much did the lortab on schedule and morphine

every three. Said her pain was a 7 or 8 on a scale of 0-10. Well he

took blood, ultrasound, and CT scan...every thing normal. She will

not drink, was on an IV with phenagran going thru the IV she would

still throw up the water that she drank with the pills he had her

take, stomach acid pill, zocor for cholestral, or lortab. Well he

said her tests were normal, said she didn't have pancreatitis, and

sent her home on Sunday, she had just had morphine a couple hours

before. I did ask him if he is saying she doesn't have pancreatitis

then is she not suppose to have been in pain this past couple of

years, he said maybe a low grade pain, he has been giving her the

meds. And then last nite right before she would have pain med again

she threw everything up that was on her stomach. She said the pain

and nausea are still bad and I know I need to take her by tomorrow

morn if this continues, I did just get her to eat a little of a

popsicle. Does anyone know what could be causing her to have nausea

this bad, she said the pain is the pain she always has with her

pancreas. I was hoping the CT would show something but it didn't, he

just sent her home, she has a scheduled appt on the May 4. I really

liked him when she was just in regular daily pain and he treated that

fine, but now I am at a loss. Just to update ya'll she is 14, a

little overweight, which the doc doesn't like, but she has always

been that way. Any ideas on what this could be, I wonder is it time

to go to Dr. Sutherland. thanks for all that ya'll do, here, I hope

to come back and spend more time with you all.

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