My Experience

I was having stomach pain and diarrhea. The GI doctors wanted to rule out serious illness.

When I first walked into the hospital, we checked in and did some paper work. I was a little nervous. My hand started to shake when I was in the waiting room. Then, I had this thought when I heard these people talking about their child who had to have both hands operated on! I thought to myself, “I am so blessed”. Compared to the people with cancer, organ transplants and people who couldn’t move! Sometimes we have to hold our head up high and be thankful for what we have! As I entered the surgery area, I was extremely nervous, but once they gave me medicine I was able to relax. Someone then came in to tell me all about the procedure. They then rolled me into the procedure room and had me breathe into a mask. I breathed about four times. I don’t remember anything after that.

The procedure went by so quickly. Honestly, I don’t even remember having a dream. When I woke up, I was extremely tired. Since I had not eaten anything I was nauseous. My throat hurt a lot but I slept most of the day. When I was hungry, I just ate some chicken noodle soup.