I was feeling a little off all last week, but figured it was a mild bug and would soon go away. Then, on Monday morning, I woke feeling pretty yucky, and was back and forth to the bathroom all day (I started counting the trips after 4 or 5, then stopped counting after I hit 20). By the time my husband got home after work, I was feeling worse and had sharp pains in my lower left abdomen. We called the advice nurse who had a doctor speak to me, who then told me to go to the ED to be safe. By the time I got there, the pain had gotten really excruciating and unbearable. They did a CT Scan and tons of blood work, etc, right away. Turns out I was having a bad attack of diverticulitis again. I was pretty sure that's what was going on, but they confirmed it. So, I've been in the hospital since Monday night. They have me on Cipro and Flagyl antibiotics, IV Dilaudid, IV acetaminophen, Lovenox shots, IV Zofran and Phenergan suppositories (the last two because the Dilaudid made me vomit all night that first night and well into the morning before they got it under control). I've just had my fourth IV inserted as the other three have blown. They mentioned putting in a pit line as changing the IV so often is apparently not a good idea. I don't know yet how long I'll need to be here, but one of the nurses said it'll likely be a couple more days. The doctor wasn't sure when I saw him this morning how long I'll need to stay. I'm hoping it's not too much longer, but we shall see.
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