In Sickness and in Health

Kayla awoke this morning with the words BRRRRGHHHHAAAAaaarrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!! Once again she was sooo sick it was startling! So much so quick and such a wierd look to it ! I decided to save some to show the IR Nurse (am I sad or medically astute?).

The biggest jug I had could not cope! Anyway I managed to save over a pint and a half. Eeeeewwwwww! The entire gut-wrenching, puke-tastic episode lasted seconds so this shows the ferocity of the vom-a-thon!!!!!!

When Jean the IR Nurse arrived I explained that I needed her to view some vomit, and she was so cool about looking at my "sick sample" I was amazed. I thought either true professional or a little wacky! The initial assumption was correct....she knows her stuff! . She took one look at the sample and identified it within seconds! The stuff did not look like sick nor did it smell sicky, Jean knew exactly the cause and its posh medical name.

(Bloke talk now....... sick looks like partly chewed food you can spot what the person ate! pizza, carrots, red wine etc and it smells like acid ...drop it on the carpet and you are in trouble) This was so different. It was brown you couldn't tell what it consisted of and it looked like it had been through a food processor. ......Biggest wierdest thing NO SMELL and zero acid wiff!!!!!!

The IR nurse told me that this was food that had gone from the stomach into the upper bowel (intestines) It must have come upon a blockage of some kind, then the body decided that as it was not going anywhere, it must quickly be to sent it back from whence it came.

Reverse Peristalsis pushes it back into the stomach. Stomachs are picky, and when a stomach doesn't want something, two things happen to the contents ....... they either land in a bucket or your toilet or redecorate your wallpaper or douvet.........get the picture? K is now on 4 sachets of movicol a day to get the blockage shifted. If this doesn't work, then come the 20th when she is admitted for surgery they will use bigger nastier treatments.

K did not like movicol but is now drinking it like a trooper! Anyway on to better news. The RM provided transport today and the IR Nurses provided a magic injection before K left! The Journey there was like clockwork, so was the CT scan and so was the Journey back. Micheal and Steve the Ambulance crew were "full on professionals" (Thanks Guys....if you are ever passing pop in for a brew!) and made a difficult time soooooooo much more easy and bearable!

Our three children returned home from Boarding School tonight, so mum was made a fuss of and our 9 year old fell asleep next to her after a cuddle. At this time she is a happy, contented, nausious but pain free young lady with her adoring children around her. She appologises for not posting on Jo's and apppologizesez evin mower for my poowar spelling!!!!!! (Doh!)

Stu XXX