Madeline came into the hospital on Sunday, Sept 20th with severe abdominal pains. After an all-nighter in the ER, where they were flooded with Swine Flu cases, we were admitted early Monday morning with pancreatitis. Maddie had gotten Swine Flu on Monday the 14th and gotten over it in 48 hrs but the acid her body lets off while fighting a major illness insults the pancreas and she gets pancreatitis. Her Lipase and Amylase (pancreas enzymes) were elevated and pain was very bad. We basically judge the progress of getting over pancreatitis by her pain decreasing and appetite coming back and tolerating feeding. It is usually a 8-12 day ordeal.
This case has been unusually bad for Maddie because the pain is very intense and is lasting longer than usual. All of her bloodwork looks good, but her tummy is in very bad pain and unfortunately it is just a waiting game while trying to manage the pain with a morphine drip and an increased 'hit' of morphine when needed. We have also had several dramas of moving rooms twice, her port not working, getting/losing IVs, pump/tubing malfunctions, monitor malfunctions, etc. that only add to the discomfort.
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