Hi all, sorry I haven't been on the board much lately. N has been away for his first year in college and doing fairly ok, although I had to hire someone to cook and bring some meals to his dorm since he couldn't find anything to eat he had taken a turn for the worse.
Well, he signed up for a trip to Israel during the holidays, which surprised me because there are so many times he has trouble with food, sleeping, feeling poorly, but he felt he was up to it, and I didn't dissuade him. He has been gone a week and today he called me and said he felt awful, couldn't eat, had a lot of pain. He's been like this for three days and hasn't told anyone. He did take almost a whole case of peptamen and has gone through half of it. Of course I am freaking out! I told him he could come home if he wanted to, that he must tell the group leader, see a doc, stay on liquid diet. I'm just afraid that this will start things up and he will need another surgery......I do realize I'm jumping the gun here, but that is the ultimat worry.
I guess I'm just venting and feeling so badly that he hasn't gotten to enjoy what could have been a wonderful trip. Wondering how this disease will limit him for the rest of his life, and how he will manage. He will call me tomorrow to see what he decides. I think he felt better just knowing he has the option to come home. Sigh.........thank you guys for letting me vent!
Well, he signed up for a trip to Israel during the holidays, which surprised me because there are so many times he has trouble with food, sleeping, feeling poorly, but he felt he was up to it, and I didn't dissuade him. He has been gone a week and today he called me and said he felt awful, couldn't eat, had a lot of pain. He's been like this for three days and hasn't told anyone. He did take almost a whole case of peptamen and has gone through half of it. Of course I am freaking out! I told him he could come home if he wanted to, that he must tell the group leader, see a doc, stay on liquid diet. I'm just afraid that this will start things up and he will need another surgery......I do realize I'm jumping the gun here, but that is the ultimat worry.
I guess I'm just venting and feeling so badly that he hasn't gotten to enjoy what could have been a wonderful trip. Wondering how this disease will limit him for the rest of his life, and how he will manage. He will call me tomorrow to see what he decides. I think he felt better just knowing he has the option to come home. Sigh.........thank you guys for letting me vent!