Friday started like any other morning at the Lewis house, with the exception of the extreme amount of pain encompassing my abdomen area. As the pains grew stronger, I made the decision to call into work and take a trip to my OBGYN where I was put on the monitor for contractions. I was informed that I was having a few light contractions, but the baby's heart rate was fine. I was sent home with meds to help to stop the dreadful contractions.
When I arrived home, still in pain, I laid down in the bed where I spent the rest of the afternoon. I called my Grandmother to see if she would pick up my meds for me, and bring them to the house. Once she arrived with the meds, I took the prescribed dose and laid back down. She decided to stay with me for awhile to make sure that I was going to be okay.
A couple of hours later, I developed a temp of 100.4 and decided to contact my GI doctor because the pain had gotten worse. Upon reaching the doc on call, I was instructed to go directly to the hospital (Forsyth Medical Center). Mom and Grandma accompanied me to the hosiptal and I was taken directly to the 4th floor for monitoring (Labor & Delivery). They gathered information, labs, and continued to make me miserable by checking my cervix for dilation. Once they realized that Baby Jaxon was fine and Mom was the one in trouble, the nurse inserted an IV for fluids and pain meds. I received fluids from 4:30-11pm in Labor & Delivery and was finally admitted into the hospital around midnight.
Saturday, was another day of fun at Forsyth!
I was examined and poked by 4 doctors and taken down for an ultrasound and x-ray of my gallbladder, liver and abdomen. After all of these tests, I was told that my WBC, Liver enzymes, and platelet count were elevated which could mean a number of things. During pregnany, it could mean that I am developing toxemia, or on the other side of things (the Crohn's side)it could mean that I was having a flare up. However, They were not definate and that night I was also informed that there was "sludge" in my gall bladder.
"Sludge"....what does that mean?
For me, It meant that I had to drink an entire bottle of miralax (3 pitchers of gatorade filled with miralax) to clean out my system, which was necessary to verify that there were not any portions of my bowel that were restricted.
Needless to say, come Sunday...this gal was ready to go home!
