I've determined that Abby's pancreas is a drama queen, just like her. As I've mentioned, Abby had what we thought was the stomach bug. When she just kept throwing up everything (even 6 hours after drinking it) with absolutely no other symptoms (she's a wild child!), we thought there might be more to it. Our GI said to keep in touch if it didn't get better, so I sent her an email over the weekend. She ordered blood work, which came back today as elevated liver functioning. Of the two enzymes that point directly to pancreatitis, one is actually below normal and the other is a slow test that hasn't come back yet. So... Abby's going to have an ultrasound tomorrow to check for gall stones. Tonight, I put her on just pedialyte. I started at a very slow rate and am increasing by 5 ml/hour each hour until I get to 50 ml/hour. (It's gonna be a long night!) If she doesn't tolerate that, then we are to head to the ER in the morning with the e...
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