>----- Original Message -----
From: CConrad8@aol.com
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 9:39 AM
Subject: need advice, 12 yr old has intest. kink/adhesion
> hi,
> my daughter had meckels diverticulum surgery 3 years ago, lost 3 feet of
her
> intestines then last dec she was operated on for a adhesion. They
admitted
> her to the hospital 2 days ago and a cat scan shows a knuckle kink with
some
> atypical air in the sigmoid colon. She hasn't eaten or drank for 3 days
now.
> She is having pain of 10 with the waves of pain that mimic labor
> contractions. She has no fever, wbc normal, red blood count alittle high
and
> threeway abdomen x-rays show normal. She has vomited some but not like
the
> past 2 surgeries and her wbc always shot up which made surgery a easy
> decision. She has been on morpheine and phenotol for the whole time she
has
> been here and she is still in alot of pain. The pain meds are making her
> dilerious and just feeling bad too. It is thanksgiving and it is so hard
to
> see my daughter like this. The surgeon was here last night and didn't
even
> take his hands out of his pockets to feel her abdomen. I have a friend
that
> has a son that had the same problem, and his blood count was normal, xray
> normal etc, had waves of pain for 2 days on morpheine, even had bowel
> movements and they had surgery and they found 12 feet of intestines
gangrene,
> how do i know this is not happening to my daughter, i know surgery will
cause
> more adhesions but she can't go on this way either. Any
suggestions???????
> i have my laptop here at the hospital so i can get your mail quick.
> thanks, cathy
>