I got's a boo boo

Post-op, missing an organ (not really MISSING, just lacking)!

As the vast majority of you know by now, I had my gallbladder removed on Monday (yesterday). I went into the hospital Friday night around 6 because I could not stop vomiting and I was in severe pain (minus the pain this was nothing new during this pregnancy). After getting some pain and anti-nausea meds on board (and LOTS of fluids), my lab results came back saying that my liver enzymes were elevated (and potassium low... not out of the norm for me). The ER doctor ordered an ultrasound on my gallbladder and around 11:30 pm came back and said, "well, Stephanie, you are a disaster. Just kidding, but you do have gallstones and need to be hospitalized and have your gallbladder removed". I was admitted to the hospital at 11:45 and was put N.P.O. The surgeon was supposed to come see me in the morning and arrange surgery. Around 3 pm (morning... HA) the surgeon finally got around to seeing me and sending me home telling me to get in contact with Dr. Mintz (Cheif of Surgery at SLRMC) on Monday to arrange surgery. When I left the hospital I was on a clear liquid diet and was unable to even hold that down. I stayed on a clear liquid diet until around 7 pm on Saturday, at which time I ate a Blueberry Bagel with fat free cream cheese. Within 3 hours I was back to being sick and in pain. So around 10 pm Sunday night we headed back to the ER, where they admitted me again, put me NPO again, and said the surgeon would be in to see me in the AM. Dr. Chachas came and saw me around 10 am and arranged for me to have surgery at 5 pm. I had not seen Nate since Sunday night, so Carol tried to bring him to see me, but I was in pre-op by the time they got there. Surgery went well... even if the Dr. said I have a giant uterus. Dr. Chachas said that I had thousands of stones but that surgery went very well considering I am a bleeder and pregnant. After surgery I got to see my sweet baby boy before Carol took Nate home with her (what a blessing it is to have family near by, do not know what we would do without them)! I spent the rest of the night trying to cope with the pain (waking every hour for one reason or another). Around 2:30 am someone from Labor and Delivery came up to get fetal heart tones. The rest of the day was spent recoping and trying to rest as much as possible. I am in a fair amount of pain because my belly is bloated from the CO2 that they use to expand the abdomin to see your insides with! It is difficult to get comfortable and it looks like I am having a hard time sleeping for more than 3 hours in a row. However, I am doing buch better, I can actually eat real food (which I am thankful for) and keep it down. I am pretty sure that the gallbladder issue is why I have been so sick with this pregnancy. Oh, speaking of, we got another ultrasound while at the hospital because the surgeon said I was measuring 20 weeks along (6 weeks bigger). We are having one baby (thankfully), who is measuring just a couple of days big. My uterus is measuring at 17 weeks on ultrasound, but that is not a huge shock to me, I ran large with Nate as well! So all in all... I am doing much better and looking forward to recovering (hopefully quickly)!