Hospital Stay

Tuesday at about 3:00 pm I started feeling some pretty severe upper abdominal pain. I was a little scared about what it was, but pregnancy brings so many aches and pains that I tried to ignore it. Well, the pain lasted throughout the night. I could not sleep at all that night, and about 2:00 am, I started feeling very nauseated along with the abdominal pain. I started throwing up at about 5:oo am. I called my OB office Wednesday morning when they opened. They told me to come in right away. After doing a urine test, Dr. Heath told me that I was very dehydrated. She also did an ultrsound to determine if gallstones were causing the abdominal pain...No gallstones showed up. She then hooked me up to monitors to see if I was contracting. Well, I was definitely having contractions. So...Dr. Heath decided to send me to Labor and Delivery to be put on IV fluids for the dehydration and monitor the contractions. Finally, after 4 bags of fluids, I was no longer dehydrated. My contractions had also stopped. After bloodwork, they also found that my pancreatic enzymes were elevated. At this point, Dr. Heath decides that I need to spend the night in the hospital...ugh! Because of the elevated pancreatic enzymes, Dr. Heath orders that a GI doctor see me. He determines that I have pancreatitis. Common symptoms of this are abdominal pain, nausea, and vomitting (I had all 3). Pretty much the cure is not to eat so that the pancreas can rest and return to normal. I am now on a low fat diet so Mary Lee will get nutrients but my pancreas will not have to work too hard. I am now out of the hospital, but I am still not feeling great. Hopefully, I can recover the next few days and be ready to start school fresh on Monday. I am so ready to meet Mary Lee, but I am glad she did not make her grand entrance into the world this week! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!