Best Wishes For Mom Please.

Yeah um... most of you know my mom's account, Cuddlepuss

Well at about half four this morning I was woken up to the sounds of my mom retching and dad on the phone to hospital. About 45 minutes ago now or something like that she was taken away to hospital in an ambulance. I'm home alone because I made dad go in with her. For two reasons: 1. because then she's not alone in there and 2. because then whenever there's news he can call me.

I know it's not much to say but that's about all I know. She's been having stomach pains for a couple of weeks now but she's never thrown up from them. They had problems getting her down the stairs because whenever she sat up she collapsed again. They eventually had to call another ambulance and carry her away in a stretcher.

I'll keep you posted on what happens... let you know when I have news...

Minor Update- Dad's home again... apparently he couldn't call. They're not sure what it is yet. They're talking about getting her X-Rays and talking to the surgical team... could be kidneys, could be liver, could be gallstones... we don't know. Apparently they've given her a load of morphine though... it's a painkiller but I think it's one of the ones that makes you go funny.

Dad's gonna call and ask if she's been under the knife and what ward she's in...

That's all I know yet, I'll keep you posted when I find out more...

Another Update- I'm back from visiting mom myself. Before I give you the real news she wants me to give you her love, cuddles and kisses, and to tell you not to do anything crazy until she's back so she can talk you out of it.

Now, the news. They think they know what it is. They think Mom has Pancreatitis, and I'm going to leave an NHS article link there because it explains it better than I can.

Now they don't yet know if it is Pancreatitis, but if it is then she's already told me what will happen. If it is, and they need to run a few more tests to confirm that first, they'll treat the Pancreatitis and send her home on a low-fat diet. Then, once she's recovered, she'll be brought in for surgery to remove her gall bladder, as it's gallstones that they believe caused this.

I think that's all I know so far. I'll keep you posted.

Another Minor Update- First of all, thank you all for the messages of support and well wishes on the matter, they mean an awful lot. <3

Secondly, it is Pancreatitis, caused by small gallstones. And they're small enough that if we're not fortunate they'll spread and infect the other organs, or something along those lines. So at some point in the future she will be having surgery to remove the gall bladder. I don't know at what point in time she'll be having it yet, but she will be having surgery.

Yeah um... that's all I know so far. I'll keep you posted.