Recovery Day 6

Again today has been a fairly good day for Jennie. Some of the food she ate yesterday caused some heartburn, so they are going to switch her Protonix to 2 times a day orally instead of once a day through IV. They also told her she can take TUMS as needed, and they seemed to help some today.

She didn't get much sleep last night because of a headache, but we were able to get rid of that and she got to sleep for a few hours. She has also been good about getting out and going for walks on the floor, and they are gradually getting longer each day.

The only real cause for concern is that she had some sharp pain under her left ribs today, around where the stomach is. We haven't seen a doctor yet today to ask about this, so we aren't sure what it means. It could be that this is normal as her stomach begins to heal and work properly again, or it could be the first sign of a problem. We really won't know until we get to talk to the doctors, and they may want to run some tests to look into it further.