Yes, we also received the paw print disc in a gift box with a card! We keep the disc near the urn with her ashes on a table near the fireplace. There are bits of fur mixed in the dried clay, which...
I had ulcerative colitis three years ago and had an emergency total colectomy. My recovery was very rocky and had subsequent hospitalizations for abscesses, DVT, pain, vomiting. I had my ostomy...
Your story is absolutely heartbreaking. I have been sick for three years now, had a total colectomy for ulcerative colitis, with a very rocky road to recovery. Many hospitalizations due to abscesses,...
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Thank you all for your good wishes...I wish the same for all who are having such difficult times as well....
On Wednesday her doctor came in to order a CT scan of her chest and found Mitzi vomiting. She then ordered a CT of the abdomen as well to see what was happening. The results came back...Mitzi has an...
What do people without insurance do? Even with insurance, the co-pays are adding up faster than we can imagine!!! [img]/community/emoticons/mad.gif [/color] ...
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I'm going to the doctor on Friday, ME, and I'll ask her about Xanax...maybe it'll help the blues and let me sleep better and deal with the pain. You were fortunate that you were able to get the whole...
dating. I asked my daughter that when she is completely healed, if she would consider going out on a date. She is unsure and scared. So, my question and her question is: at what point do you tell...
She has trouble sleeping, which the Ambien helps somewhat. But I'm hoping that this too shall pass and when she really starts healing she will come to grips about[b] what happened to her life....
[b] six weeks ago. She's been hospitalized for almost four weeks now for insertion of a PICC line for feeding and rehydration. After all the usual drugs, including one infusion of Remicade, there...
It makes me so angry when things are done for you, and to you, and you know in your heart that these are wrong options. You are so right when you say that you have to keep an eye on what is being...
Mitzi'sMom, my prayers and good thoughts are with your daughter and your family. I hope this surgery sends her on the road to recovery and feeling good again. My daughter is having surgery within the...
Could Mitzi have gotten aspiration pneumonia from the nasal tube? I can't help wondering if some of her complications aren't institutional. IBD patients tend to be extra-sensitive to meds &...
opened her eyes briefly and said, "Mom, I'm in hell.". [img]/community/emoticons/mad.gif [color=#800080>In] [img]/community/emoticons/sad.gif /community/emoticons/mad.gif [color=#800080>
Wonderful news!! You must be so relieved.......
[color=purple>Today] three days. This is too long for her to wait. We are going ahead with using the blood bank blood. Although we are going to have my two other children give blood in case she...
[color=purple>My] She has a severe pain in the shoulder/arm, for the second time since last week. X-rays show no abnormalities. Hopefully, this will subside with no aftereffects after they take her...
Well, it's the next day and the sigmoidoscopy shows no change in inflammation since the beginning of therapy of four weeks ago. They are now taking out the feedings via the PICC line and stopping the...
My daughter 23, had bloody diarrhea and severe pain when we visited the GI doctor. The next day a colonoscopy revealed left sided UC. She was started on 4 X 3 of Asacol, 40 mg of Prednisone,...