My dh has crohns disease and has been suffering with a severe flare-up for the last 3 weeks. After 2 weeks of it he emailed his specialist as it wasn't improving as much or as fast as he'd like it to.
His specialist sent him for a sigmoidoscopy, which showed lots of inflamed areas and that he was definitely having a flare up. A bad one. :(
Because of the severity of it he was admitted to hospital, where he will stay until things calm down. The doctors have said Monday at the absolute earliest if things settle down. As of last night things were worse as his pulse was racing and his temperature very high, even after medication they were still too high.
He can't eat, his stomach and digestive system are rejecting anything that he swallows, drinks included, and he is rapidly losing weight. I'm scared he's gonna end up being fed by tubes if it carries on.
He had a ct scan on Wednesday (my birthday) which showed further affected areas which have never been affected before - his large bowel and some of his small bowel.
Doctors are throwing all kinds of treatment names around like steroid injections and infliximab infusions. I just don't have time to absorb one piece of information before theyre telling me about others.
I'm trying to juggle 3 kids (4,5 and 7m), the school runs and housework. "not enough hours in the day" is the most appropriate saying for me lately. The hospital itself is 15miles away and is costing a fortune in petrol, which I don't mind too much cos he's worth it and it's only money after all - I just don't have a lot of it. In 4 days it's cost me £60 in petrol, and it's only a 1.4 fiat grande punto.
Well done everyone who reads to the end, even if you don't post (and I wouldn't blame for reading and running). I guess I just needed to write it down somewhere. I don't even know what I want anyone to say.