You can never say it’s dull or uneventful around here! With the drama of surgery-no surgery and “tons o’ pain” behind us, Karen went home last night, along with my parents, to get some well-deserved and needed rest.
I stayed here in the hospital (duh!) and started to settle down for the night. My pain was being managed and I was ready to sleep. However, my stomach decided it wanted to party. Unfortunately, my stomach was acting alone, the rest of wes© wanted to sleep. As well, when I say “party” I mean multiple rounds of vomiting. We assumed that the vomiting was because for dinner I had had a little bit of solid foods, my first in over a week. That was a nice theory…
This morning I woke up cheery because I had survived the night with no pain (I was not sure that would happen and was admittedly a bit fearful of the pain becoming unmanageable again). However, when the vomiting started up again, I think some of the cheerfulness came out with the stomach bile. (I am not sure why God created the storage place for our cheer to be the same place we store harsh stomach acids, but maybe you theologians can get on that one for me and report back).
They cannot figure out why I am vomiting exactly. There are a couple theories. The most fitting one seems to be that the pain medication is causing nausea. Dilaudid is known to do that, though I have never had issues that I know of with it. However, I have never had this much of it. Previously, I just used it here and there for surgery pain. Right now, they are giving me tons of it because that is what it takes to keep this testicular nerve pain at bay. So now, they have stopped the Dilaudid and we will see if I keep vomiting. Here are the scenarios:
1. The Dilaudid stops and so does the vomit. I stop vomiting, Yeah!. I get to deal with testicular nerve pain, Boo!
2. The Dilauded does not stop the vomit. I don’t have to deal with the pain, Yeah! We don’t know why I am vomiting, Boo!
I need to stop vomiting because I have to take anti-rejection meds that are not available intravenously and I would prefer to not be in excruciating pain continually, I know, call me crazy!
So there you have it. My creatinine was 5.5 this morning. The kidney is on a good roll and functioning nicely. Now if I could just get the rest of me to line up…
Thanks, As Always, for Your Love and Support,
wes©
Love you Wes. Keep strong and your sense of humor. I pray that they can figure out the vomiting thing. So glad the creatinine levels are still coming down. You go girl!
Love and Hugs, – Ashlyne says “Hi”
Jenn
P.S. In prayers last night, Ryleigh said it was a good day and a bad day. It was a bad day cause Mr. Coddington had pain and she hoped God would make it better soon.
So sorry to hear you’re still having such a hard time! Praying for rest and relief to come soon! It’s time for some really good days!
Glas the pain is down!! Hope everything else, like creatinine and food, stay or go down some more. Glad everyone else is home catching up on some zzzz’s. Lot’s to be thankful for. You are in mind constantly and brought before the Lord even in dreams.
Love ya, Wes,
Aunt Ruthanne
Praising God that the pain has come down, sorry that you are having trouble with vomiting, we haven’t stopped praying for you.
Love you so much,
Trish
Continued Prayers for you and your family. Sorry that your recovery has become such a challenge. Lots of love sent your way.
Yay on the kidney. Boo on the vomit. Will continue praying.
Wes, I remember an afternoon early in the track season when Forbes had us do a warm up through the lower part of the park by the courts and around through the upper level. We were running as one big group – boys, girls, sprinters, throwers, etc. I think it was our senior year…don’t remember. We just passed the courts and found that the city had a chain up on the road (it was still real early in the season). Now remember, it was a mob of people running together and we had quite a few cute girls for us nerds to impress. The chain was only about three feet off the ground in the middle. We began to jockey for our spot to clear the chain. I approached and stroked an early season lead leg and cleared the chain. I glanced back in time to see you, synchronized with five others attempt the chain, when all of a sudden, from the center of this beautiful, uniform body in motion, a single person began to convulse spastically while in mid air; arms and legs flailing and reaching for some kind of stability, and finally ending in a solid thud followed by a drawn out moan, tapering into a gurgle! I saw your face erupt into laughter along with 25 other people as our compadre Jack tried his hand at hurdling and failed abismally! Jack did confide in me that he was blind as a bat, but he didn’t wear his glasses because he would never get a date. I told him not to sweat the glasses, because that little hurdling maneuver pretty much sealed the deal for him! Get well soon, hombre!
Oh man, Dakota, great memory! I remember it pretty clearly now but had forgotten all about it. That was hilarious. And I remember how worried Jack was about his glasses so he literally walked around half blind most of the time. Too funny. Good guy.
Do you remember running warm-ups on the track with the same crew and you, me, Ryan, Jeremy and Dan decided to stop and tie our shoes at the exact same moment, while leading the pack? Good times.
Thanks for the laugh and for the friendship. I know you are going through your own health trials (coddingtontribe readers: Dakota is a good friend from high school and just a couple weeks ago had major cancer surgery – removed his thyroid and 18 lymph nodes- 11 had cancer so he is still waiting for answers). The folks here will be praying for you. Feel free to update here and I know you will have faithful prayers covering you.
Through the eye of a needle! Keep pushing on. We’re surrounding you with prayer…. Praise God!!!
Hey, Pastor Wes…
I was wondering if the throwing up is the body trying to get rid of what built up in your system – first, while they were waiting for the kidney to kick in and filter, then to have the bowel problems on top of that…
Could that be why there’s so much of it (the vomiting)?
People with two healthy kidneys are not in this good of a spirit. God is good. All the time. Praying for mercy. Love Theresa
Lifting you up in prayer. God knows what to do. He will do it! Be well soon.
Wes,
Lifting you up in prayer. I am sorry to hear one dilemma being replaced by another.
Will be reading your next update. Keep up the good fight Wes.
RsoeAnn