Just wanted to tell you that my DD that just had the baby had emergency gallbladder surgery today. She had tons of stones, inflamed liver and pancreatitis. She was one sick girl. I've been at the hospital all day and I'm pooped.

No quilting today :( ....had to throw that in so that this post would be legal :lol:

So sorry to hear that. I hope she will be on the road to a speedy recovery very soon. My DD also had gallbladder removed after her 2nd baby, but not emergency. You (and she) must be mentally drained and physically exhausted. Sorry I am not nearer, or I would help you out... Keep us updated on her condition. Hope the baby and father are doing OK, too.

Sorry to hear that Sooz,,,,hope she is feeling better soon

OMG!! That's alot to have all at once! Hope she is better soon. How is Baby doing? Good I hope...
Too bad on the no quilting day also.
Hope tomorrow is better. ((Hugs))

I hope for a speedy recovery for you DD.

You've had more than your share recently. Hope your daughter will heal quickly. Thank goodness your near here. I in Seattle and my daughter is in Newport News, VA. Haven't seen her in over a year.

Hang in there. We are all here for you. Blessings

She will hopefully recover quickly! That's a lot to handle in a short period of time!!! :D :thumbup:

Hope she has a speedy recovery ! Keep us posted

Your poor daughter! She must have been in some serious pain! I'm sure she will be a lot more comfortable now!

Sorry for your daughters problems, hope she gets better quickly. Congrats on the baby!

Been there and done that about 2.5 years ago. I do feel sorry for her as pancreatitis is a really horrible thing to have.

If she had keyhole surgery, she will recover quite quickly. However, tell her to take her own time as the surgeons' estimate that I would be fully recovered in 7 - 10 days was way out.

Sadly, if it was not keyhole it does take much, much longer to get back to normal.

Once she is on the road to recovery, she will start to feel really great, but do tell her to watch the fats. Many of us that are missing a gall bladder have problems with metabolising fats.

Finally, your daughter is being well looked after and my experience was that my family and friends suffered more than I did.

We are rooting for her and you
xxx

I know others that have been through this. It will take time for her to get her strength back. She is so lucky to have you to help her out. I will add her to my prayers. Please keep us updated on her progress. Best wishes to all of you!

Wishing your daughter a speedy recovery. Hugs to you both.

Sooz, Crawl in bed and get a good rest, I bet you will be pretty busy for awhile. Hope your daughter has a quick recovery, sad to think of anyone having such pain.

I had gall bladder surgery right after my daughter was born, too. That was 25 years ago. They said that the baby caused my gall bladder to not function properly because I am short bodied.

Thanks everyone! She is home now and doing really well. The best part was while in the hospital they had someone come and help her apply for medicaid!!!! I'm so excited. Lets hope she qualifies. They said everything looked good and that she should. Next is WIC and we'll do that as soon as she feels up to it.

Me....I just slept for 3 hours and feel worlds better. It is looking good for sewing tomorrow!! In fact... I may just run downstairs and at least hold fabric for awhile. Sometimes that helps :)

So sorry to hear about your DD. She must be feeling better after surgery. Can't imagine being pg and suffering from gallstones. Poor baby.

Baby got to come see mom today before they checked her out of the hospital. Had to get a photo!

I had pancreatits and gall bladder suregery about 5 or 6 years ago. I had the key hole surgery and it went well and my recovery was not long at all. Sure did gain the weight after that. So tell her to watch what she eats and how much. She no longer has the bile to help with degestion so it will be easy to gain weight. I was in the hospital for 6 days before they did my surgery as I was so yellow that they had to wait til the fever was down and the yellow went away before they did the surgery. The pancreatits is avery painful and I wouldn't wish it on any one and the Dr said I was very lucky I did not go into shock or any thng like that. Take care nad tell her I wish her well. Huggies, Fay

I had pancreatitis from a stone getting stick in the bile duct and Dr. was shocked I wasn't in pain, I wasn't, had surgery and gallbaldder came out, had to spend the night, another stone lodged in bile duct and was antibiotics. Went back to work next day. I don't feel pain like most people.
Dr. and surgeon said I could eat anything I wanted and I have.

I can wince in sympathy. I still have trouble metabolizing fats after having this exact problem. It does seem to be more prevalent in women who have had children. On the very positive side she is not going to be doubled over asking someone to put her out of her misery now. Just slowly add fats back into her diet. Her body will have to learn to adjust to not having the gall bladder to regulate how much bile is dumped into the digestive tract at one time.

I know this has worn you out as much as her. You might need to adopt the "new mommy" plan. Sleep when the kids sleep so you have energy do deal with the other stuff. Everything else is just a bonus.

Glad you got a moment to change the page, and come visit.
Congrats on the New Baby what Fun !!
Hope your daughter feels better and recovers soon!!
Hang in there !! :)

Praying for a speedy recovery for her!

This, unfortunately, isn't that uncommon. The Dr. told me that after having the same thing happen to me nearly, 27 years ago, when my first born was born. He said it had something to do with the hormones that are rushing through your body when you are pregnant.

The surgeon told us that he has removed gallbladders from 10 new moms this week!! And yes, he says it is the hormones.

I had to have mine out between our two daughters births. Sadly I have had problems with fats too for 18 years now. Interesting because the surgeon says this happens in only 1% of the surgeries. I think it is much higher than this as this conversation so clearly shows!

Guess I won't get to sew tomorrow either. DD wants me to come help her. Thats ok. I've been trying to get her to let me come help for weeks. And Saturday I'm going to my BFF's 9 year old DD's birthday party. They are having a guy bring reptiles to it. Whatever happened to clowns! :lol:

I think I'll just sit outside until that part is over. She can't serve the food until the demonstration is over so the critters don't get all riled up and eat the kids :lol: :lol: :lol:

Aw, come on out of your comfort zone. Reptiles aren't as bad as their hype. I really had fun with the lizards, etc. I guess it is all point of view. I'm not fond of dogs.

I take 1/2 tsp of choline bitartrate twice a day and that really helps with the digestion of fats.

Since my surgery, but switching to very low fat foods I have lost 28lbs........ whoopppeeeeeeeeeeee

I had a severe gall bladder attack less than 48hrs after the birth of my daughter(c-section).The dr. said when in med schoolthey learned "FAIR& FORTY"-said you're not FORTY but fair!he also said that gall bladders are often aggravated by pregnancy---by both hormones & by being shoved up from a growing baby! I was lucky in I had no stones only the disease! now 20+ yrs I still have the GB. A GB attack is the worst pain! quick recovery!!

Where do you find this?

When it rains it poors! At least she has that new bundle of joy to go home to! I hope her hubby is the kind of man that will help lessen her load when she gets home. Hard to get enough rest with a new baby. Prayers going up!

Actually he doesn't help at all. She was having a hard time last night. The baby keeps kicking her incisions and it hurts so bad. He said he was sick and couldn't help. So he went to bed. Poor thing. She finally consented to letting me come help her today. I used to really like him but I'm starting to feel differently.

Tell him to pull up his BIG GIRL PANTIES AND HELP!!!!!

Hubbys tend to feel helpless. Mine is a great guy and will do what is asked but having him always be intuitive isn't going to happen. Make a list of Daddy Do's to help out. Sometimes you need to knock them in the head with a 2x4 to get their attention but they usually come around. Get Dad a kangaroo carrier (front pack?) and send him to the store. He'll get great service, more self-esteem and bonding with baby. Works wonders.

On the internet. It is crystalline and you dissolve it in water. My tub states that it is good to take a multi vitamin along with it.

I did a search and the first US site I found was this http://www.iherb.com/Search?kw=choli...trate&cid=1855

Hope this is of use

PS it is also supposed to boost brain power when you get into your 50's. Not found any difference yet! LOL

I had my gall bladder out in October 2000, after the second gall bladder attack, I passed out on the way to the hospital. The doctor removed the horrible thing and no more problems or horrible pain. He found 3 large stones.
I hope your dd feels better soon. hugs

Hope you DD gets well soon! Your baby photos are lovely! She will bring you such joy!A good excuse for a new quilt!!

Went to help my DD today. Took me 3 hours to wash up all the dirty dishes!! They don't have a dishwasher and it was horrible. Molds and such. ick. Then took her shopping and got a cute mobile for the crib and a mirror for the crib also. I also bought them an area rug for the living area so she didn't have to sit on the cold floor to play with the baby.

So both of my daughters and I got the rug on the floor and cleaned up. I was gone 6 hours! This whole time her DH was playing computer games :( I could have clobbered him. But the smile on DD's face when we left was worth every bit of the hard work and money spent.

I told her I'll be back sunday to help hang pictures and draperies and do some more cleaning. They never even got totally moved into their place. She seems to be doing pretty good after the surgery.

All in all it was a fun day.

I want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts. It is wonderful to come on here at the end of the day and find so much support from all of you.

I think I may pry myself away from here and go downstairs and sew for a bit. Good way to relax after a long day :)

Sooz,
I'm sorry your SIL is so lazy. His mother needs to have a stern chat with about being a responsible adult and father.