Addendum

Starting with the good news: I will not be stuck in the hospital waiting until Tuesday to get an endoscopy.

Today was a very busy day in the ER, busier than last week at this time. But before they even stuck an IV in my arm, my GI’s office was on the phone with a PA. My hemoglobin remains stable.

The covering GI for my doctor came down to the ER and poked at my tube and determined that the space between the inner and outer bumpers was way too small. The doctor told me that he deliberately made it tight when he first inserted it to facilitate healing, but that it should loosen over time. It didn’t.

He pulled more of the tube out of my stomach to make more room and prescribed some Nexium to facilitate healing. I may see some more blood as a result, but as long as it is in the quantities I have been seeing it in, I should be ok.

I am relieved that we seem to have gotten in and out of the ER in record time (6 hours as opposed to last week’s 14 hours) Even if I am in significantly more pain than when I arrived. I have an ice pack with my name on it in our freezer and a Dancer waiting to comfort me when I get home. Now we just waiting for them to take out my IV so we can go home.