Not only do I not get to see, kiss or hug my 9 year old on her birthday, but I spent pretty much the whole day in misery. What I though was going to be a quickie non-invasive procedure turned out to be something entirely. The good news, however, is that the stint has significantly improved the condition of my liver which was going down hill quickly. I had been yellowing in the eyes and skin little by little over the past couple of weeks, but this week's bilirubin revealed a value of 19 (very high considering normal is 0-2.
After 4 hours, they returned me to my room. I was starving, so I gobbled up some soup -- the threw up for the next 48 hours straight. I was pretty miserable. My friend Kathi Thomas stayed with me at MD Anderson that night. She said that she could not see me that way and leave alone for the night. She tended to me all through the night as I continued to through up. Lourdes and Mayra stayed until about 5pm that evening, as they needed to get back to their family in Miami. Magda came from Melbourne, and stayed pretty late too, but needed to get back home for the kids as they were coming to the party the next day.
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