Posted 5/7/2012 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
about this time yesterday, I went to the hospital with horrible stomach pains. Turns out I had a small bowel obstruction, likely a partial, since I still had irregular watery diarrhea and was passing gas. The cause? More than likely dehydration. I was in Florida the past week visiting my sister up in the Panhandle and it was warm. I thought I had made a special effort to drink plenty of fluids, but I guess I fell short.
Anyway, after one dose of pain meds and a bag of fluids, I was doing much better. I got released about 5 hours ago after two more bags of fluids, so everything is fine now.
Just goes to show that even when things seem to be going well (I had a temporary ileostomy reconnected about two years ago), you have to make sure you pay attention to what you're doing. Or, as Home Simpson would say while smacking the side of his head, "DOH!".