D-I-V-E-R-T-I-C-U-L-I-T-U-S

Its not just a condition, it’s a pain! Where was I yesterday? Oh, from 4:30 AM until mid-morning I was in the Emergency Room with the BSU. She's had another diverticulitus attack and it required another hospital visit. Long time readers might remember that I made a no-notice trip to Oregon a couple of years ago when she was laid low with this affliction, this time she was at home and no flying was required.

And no surgery was required even though the Docs thought it might be called for, to remove her appendix. The abdominal pains that aflict her are in the exact same spot as her appendix and so the first consideration is for removal of that little organ. But the docs ordered up a CT-scan test and the healthy appendix and ailing intestine were confirmed so no surgery was required. Rather large doses of 2 kinds of antibiotics, pain meds and anti-nausea meds were required and she will be choking down those antibiotics for several more days.

So, she is getting better already after a decent night's sleep. She hurt yesterday, all day, and the meds upset her stomach something terrible but some decent rest and a easy diet for another day or two will have her back on her feet again soon.