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Falling Apart
You know what? I'm quite tired of pretending that everything's okay. It isn't. I'm literally falling apart from the inside out. In the nine weeks since Tobie was born I've had the following procedures:- Upper endoscopy (EGD)
- ERCP (endoscopic surgery)
- Echocardiogram
- Gastric Emptying Study (eating a radioactive egg)
- Head CT Scan
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Glowing
First, I should make very clear that radioactive eggs are disgusting. Even if it didn't have a rotten metallic tangy taste to it, just sitting there chewing a hardboiled egg with no water to wash it down, on an empty stomach, when severe persistent nausea is already a problem, thinking about the fact that you're intentionally swallowing a ( Read more... ) -
Testing Testing
So because I've got doctors who are all over my medical issues like white on rice, I'm having a lot of tests. Last week I had an endoscopy (EGD) and an MRCP (MRI of the common bile duct), followed by a procedure. This week, is even more fun-filled ( Read more... ) -
Further Proof that Life is Never Boring at Chez Cohen
I've been feeling pretty awful, as I intimated in my post the other day. High fever and abdominal pain topped the charts on the ick factors most of the week. Tuesday I was so frustrated with it, I went to my internist who was also puzzled. Since I was scheduled for an endoscopy on Wednesday anyway, my GP faxed over my lab results to the GI doc, ( Read more... ) -
Fathers
In the United States, today is Father's Day. It's a Hallmark holiday, like mother's day and grandparent's day, and secretaries' day, etc., but it's still something I take note of, not because Hallmark needs my business, but because there are two wonderful fathers in my life.
My life as a child was punctuated by my father's long absences - he was ( Read more... ) -
What Exactly Have I Done to Offend the Universe?
So I am giving fair warning that there is no purpose to this post beyond pure complaining and whining. I just feel like the universe is out to get me. Even ignoring all the other things going on in my life that are going to hell, but the medical issues alone that I've got going on right now are becoming overwhelming ( Read more... ) -
We Have Achieved a Name!
Introducing...
Tova Lieba!
We'll call her Tobie. Tova = Good in Hebrew, and Lieba = "loved one" in Yiddish (also, "heart" from the Hebrew lev - as in "good heart" or "kind heart")
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Beach Vacation
If you haven't seen on Facebook, my still-nameless Baby Girl was readmitted to the hospital this afternoon for high bilirubin levels. She's doing fine - much better than this morning, that's for sure - but I'm still tired of hospitals and anxious to be home at some point...
Anyway, she's tanning herself under the bili lights, complete with beach ( Read more... ) -
just a quick post
I was admitted to the hospital Friday for low (basically no) amniotic fluid. Despite rehydration overnight in the hospital, the situation didn't improve, so I delivered our beautiful baby girl this morning, April 25th, at 10:11am. She's a month early, but perfect of course. Weighed in at a gargantuan 5 pounds 9 ounces (over twice what Abby ( Read more... )
