mrsbrown | stomach update

I've been planning this post for a while, and then I had a trigger last night.

I can drink normal milk again
I have stopped taking the drug that cuts down acid production
I have had no symptoms (pain, discomfort, heartburn) in the two weeks since I made these changes.

BUT:

I went to a family party yesterday. I may not have drunk enough water. I had a similar lunch and dinner at the party - meat, salads, a bit of lasagne and for dinner - a larger piece of lasagne and some salad.

On the way home I felt a bit bloated, so I undid the top button of my jeans. Then it started hurting so I took some antacid tablets at my Dad's house. They didn't work, so we stopped at a chemist on the way home and bought my usual antacid tablets and I took one. When we got close to home, I was feeling worse, so I took another. I groaned for an hour or so and then took one of the tablets that stop acid production. An hour later, at midnight, I was in bed and rocking with the pain. I couldn't lie down and I couldn't stay still. We went to the emergency department.

While there, they gave me two litres of fluid into my arm (glasses of water at home had made the pain worse), they took blood, they gave me more antacid which reduced the pain for about half an hour, then the pain got worse again. Finally, they gave me panadol and endone and then some more liquid antacid. Having read a bit today, I'm a bit annoyed they didn't warn me about the possible breathing problems for Rose. I still would have taken it (I think), but we could have kept a closer eye on her. Should you have to take your own MIMS to casualty at a major hospital?

The pain disappeared at about 3.30am, when the beautiful fuzzy feeling from the endone kicked in, and we got home at 4.30am.

Lessons;

When the antacid tablets aren't working, try the liquid stuff and maybe some panadol.
We need an emergency plan for Rose - I needed

mr_bassman to be with me, but he had to look after Rose and we couldn't think who to call at 2am to look after her. If the situation had been worse, we would have had to bite the bullet and call someone. Last night I really wanted my mother in the same city as me. This will get easier with time and as my kids get more experienced with her. It's just dodgy with a 4 week old baby.
We need to get clear on how to use the frozen breastmilk I have in the freezer. Last night

mr_bassman didn't know what to do with it and I was in too much pain to give good instructions.

Notes;

mr_bassman is fantastic. He looked after Rose AND supported me last night. He spent the morning taxi-ing Z and G betwen Elwood, Hawthorn and Glen Waverley because I was too tired, and now he's sorting out T's christmas present and his own birthday present (and enjoying himself here) My only concern is his lack of sleep.