Prayer Request

Hi Betty, Heather – thanks for the prayers, my daugter does have a functional rather than medical issue now, the surgery may have aggravated it.  We know she is not a celiac or gluten intolerant and we are a family that have always taken probiotics, so that is not the problem.  We do use chamomile tea, and I appreciate the suggestion for the other tea, we will try that.  It is the Zofran tablet that caused the tremors, so we cannot be on any drugs like that – it is a very rare side effect of that drug, but can happen and has happened with my daughter – all the other nausea meds can cause the same problem, so she is now unable to take them.  We are using manuka honey from New Zealand to try and keep her throat from getting sore from the vomiting, as when that makes her throat raw, she cannot eat at all.  I just am living minute by minute hopting today will be better – but each day she gets a bit weaker.  I pray they don’t have to hospitalise her again, as they just rehydrate her, send her home, and then off we go again until she is weak again and back in the hospital – it is awful.  So all your prayers, thoughts and ideas are very welcome.  Thanks from the bottom of my heart. 

I am sure that if this problem goes on long enough, then they may well have to consider that – however any tube cannot go in the nose or throat as she is extremely phobic about her neck and throat, so that would cause huge anxiety.  Anything that adds to her stomach tension is not an option right now – she had an endoscopy which made the situation much worse, because it really caused her phobia to come to the forefront – she is having counseling for the phobia, but the stomach issue is something else altogether – we too are now trying very small amounts and I have liquid calc/magnesium for her along with a multi. The calories are the biggest problem, they have told us she needs 1500 calories a day to maintain the weight she has, 2000 calories to gain a pound a week – even 1500 calories is too much for her right now – but I am trying everything I can think of to take things a day at a time and keep her as stress free as possible, which is hard with the tremors and vomiting – she is scared and I understand that.  This morning we have diluted a high calorie drink with water, to make it less thick and we hope that with small sips over the next hour or so, she will keep it down, then perhaps another one later – if she could have four a day it would be the right calories to maintain, and then maybe she will be able to add some little bits of solid food.  Keep the prayers coming and wish us luck with this.  Thanks – bless you all.