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Posted in At the Doctor's, Boston, Friends, Hope, Hospital life, Keith, mito on 15 September 2010| 2 Comments »

Tomorrow, Keith takes me in to Boston ultra-early for my surgery. My dear friend Stefani will be joining us to provide moral support and advocate for us should something happen. I must emphasize that nothing should happen. This is a routine procedure being performed in one of the world’s best hospitals (MGH). However, they are requiring me to undergo general anesthesia. I don’t always handle general anesthesia well. In fact, I don’t handle general well. The most recent time, for instance, I stopped breathing for a short time following anesthesia. And recovery is long and arduous.

But, apparently, there’s no way around it. We requested numerous times to perform the surgery under local anesthesia, but the surgeon insisted that it had to be done under general. We’re not sure if this is because I’m labeled a “high risk” case and they decided to perform the surgery in the Same-Day Surgery OR rather in the outpatient clinic like it usually is.

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Berry, Balloons, and Bed

Posted in At the Doctor's, Birthdays, Boston, Canobie, Friends, Keith, Kiddos, mito, Sleep, Tutoring, umdf on 24 August 2010| Leave a Comment »

First, my apologies for the huge gap between updates. Last week was, well, “one of those weeks.” Between work, sleep, and the multitude of birthdays, I nearly forgot to breathe and did forget to regulate my temperature.

Let’s start out with the birthdays! I want to wish a HUGE happy birthday to my friends and family:
My Daddy (August 15)
Cousin Lindsay (August 16)
Former Roomie Dorothy (August 16)
My Mama (August 18)
My “niece” Sasha (August 20)
My Uncle Mark (August 20)
My Gammy (August 21)
My other “niece” Alexis (August 21)

You guys make my world and I’m so blessed that you’ve been in my life for another year. I wish I could have been closer to all of you to help you celebrate your special days. Unfortunately, the birthday honorees live in five different states from Massachusetts to Texas to California so it was, alas, impossible. I do hope you all celebrated in the style worthy of your awesomeness.

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Six Flags, Five Appointments, Four Mitochondriacs, Three Hours, Two Happy Dogs, and One Sick Little Boy

Posted in At the Doctor's, Boston, Dogs, Friends, Hospital life, Keith, Kiddos, mito, Six Flags, Sleep, Tilly, True on 12 August 2010| 2 Comments »

The last few days since my last post have been action-packed! Today, Keith and I went into Boston for my gastric emptying study, which is a precursor to the Antro-duodenal Motility test I’ll be having at the end of October. We confirmed what we already knew from endoscopy: my gastric emptying sucks. I arrived at 11am for the study, having fasted for about 10 hours. I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep – but more on the reason why below. I was sat down with 2 eggs scrambled with some yummy radioactivity goodness, a glass of water, and some toast. I warned the administrator I wasn’t very good with solid foods and then began choking them down. I asked if I could take some zofran after nearly losing the eggs on the floor, but was told “no.” I finished the eggs – barely – with 2 sips of water and no toast. I think the test ruined scrambled eggs for me permanently because I will forever associate them with a metallic taste.

I was then told that for the first hour I had to remain still on my back while a scanner took pictures every minute. If my stomach had cleared 50% of the food after 60 minutes, I could leave. I was told that 60 minutes is the average for a “normal” person. We laughed. He continued to say that after that I could sit up but we’d have to take more pictures every 30 minutes until I reached 50%. We were there 3 hours – usually, the test ends by 2 – and I still hadn’t reached 50%. Because the reading was exactly the same for the last 90 minutes, he said I could go as he didn’t see much happening soon after I kept steady at 44% emptied. I immediately took a zofran and drank some water as I couldn’t have anything for the last 3 hours. And that’s how I finished the 2nd of my 5 medical appointments this month.

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