Personal Narrative: My Digestive Electrinal Ultrasound

It was because of them that an abdominal ultrasound was done that night, that detected a very small amount of gallbladder sludge. In the months following that, my digestive symptoms increased and worsened, till they got to the point of being debilitating.

It was because of them that an abdominal ultrasound was done that night, that detected a very small amount of gallbladder sludge. That diagnosis just happened to coincide with my digestive symptoms increasing and worsening, till they got to the point of being debilitating.

Particularly, since for several months, I had been losing nutrients through vomiting and diarrhea.

It had gotten so severe, that my husband had even offered to take me to the emergency room for it, but I did not go. Although it definitely could have been cause for a visit to the ER, I worried about the bills that would follow.

The nurses serious delays in giving it were actually nothing, but detrimental.

First, there was the nurse that had told me why my blood sugar wasn't being tested more. Then there was the nurse that had told me why I wasn't being given the one insulin (Lantus) in the mornings and the other insulin (Humalog) with my meals. She said, the reason for both was because my blood sugar had been running low. Yet, she knew I was fully aware of my surgery having to be canceled, due to a very high blood sugar.

She also knew that I was fully aware of my blood sugar being high again on the day of my surgery, (I think it was about 250). Just before surgery, one of the surgeons and the head anesthesiologist had even come to talk to me about it. They told me, they didn't want to delay surgery anymore, and that I would be given insulin intravenously during it, if thought necessary.

As a consequence, that led to problem after problem with my blood