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[tinksmom]

I hope the new days finds the Beaner household feeling better. Take it easy today. You both need to be bullied into keeping your feet up for the entire day!

Prayers and pixie dust,
tinksmom

[AKLRULZ]

Yep, I'm curious to know how's it going this morning for the 3 of you! Give us an update when ya got a sec! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[allysonh]

I hope you both are feeling better!!

[boBmouse]

Hi Beaner,
You gave me a scare there too. sending along some pixie dust for you, Mr Beaner and baby Beaner too. Hope the rest of your week end goes better.

Happy Memorial day, Bobºoº

[debe]

Sending loads of Pixie Dust to the Beaner household... also will keep you all in thought and prayers.

I hope the rest of your weekend goes a bit smoother [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Chrissi]

We seem to be okay this morning. Not great, but at least Walt is sleeping. He's pretty heavily doped up on Percocet and has been sleeping for about 11 and a half hours! A first for him.

He's pretty fortunate that his pancreatitis isn't severe. Usually pancreatitis is easy to spot because of a high fever, high blood pressure, and vomiting. None of which does Walter have. Just a nasty tummy ache and some squirrely blood test results. Our family doctor would never admit him to the hospital for those symptoms alone. We're just waiting to hear back from our doc about some outpatient testing in a few days when Walt is better able to travel. Most of the tests require a certain amount of healing on Walt's part first, before any test could be performed.

Don't worry. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] I would never have let him come home if I thought it was dangerous to do so, but all they can do at the hospital is give him fluids and watch him until they can run those tests. So he could be alone and miserable there in an uncomfortable bed, without enough blankets, and a gown that's much too small [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] or he can be at home with me, in his own bed, in his favorite t-shirt with all the blankets he can stand piled up on top of him. (I feel the need to point out that this is his reasoning - not mine. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

Thank you all for the prayers, pixie dust, and well wishes. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] It brightened up my morning when I read them and I'll be sure to read them to Walt later.

[DisneyNutMary]

Chrissi,
I was so sorry to read about Walt. I was hospitalized in March with pancreatitis and it is no picnic....the pain can be unbearable.

I think I know why the doc wanted him to stay in the hospital....if his pancreas becomes infected (which is rare) it could become a real problem. The docs like to keep you on IV fluids with no food or drink at all until the pain is gone. Not having your stomach work speeds the healing process. A big part of it is the fear of a lawsuit, docs fear that if you go home and the worst case scenario happens, a lawsuit could follow.

I have Walt, and you, in my thoughts and prayers, I hope he feels better soon! Good luck with his tests...

[Chrissi]

We did ask about infection and whether pancreatitis was treatable with antibiotics. That's when the doctor told us that all he could do was give Walt Percocet. It seemed silly to keep him for several days just so he could be doped up until he heals. Maybe it's just our hospital, but they seem to do everything backwards. I thought it seemed odd that they would diagnose the problem without further testing, treat the pain, and then admit him for further testing - admitting that they really couldn't do anything to treat the problem for several days anyway.