+ 0 - 0 | § ¶back home safe and exhausted
After another restless night, with some more rounds of disturbing puking, we made it to the second barium swallow on Monday afternoon. Everything looked ok, but the weekend's events have been taking a toll on Alex's patience. This is definately understandable, considering all that he's been through with sleep deprivation and being kept away from the comforts of food (he's either been allowed only clear fluids to eat/drink, or as of Sunday evening, nothing at all). After we got the all clear from the second barium swallow, they gave us the ok to go home, and started to rush the paperwork to get us cleared to leave the hospital. Four hours later, we were on our way.
A note on the thrown up old blood. (Stop reading if you don't like blood or puke.) It's rather disturbing. It's black, and there was quite a bit of it. Thankfully, it was actually black, which meant that it was indeed old blood, from the esophagael dilation that they performed after the fish-stick-ectomy, instead of from bleeding after the procedure. If it had been red, there would have been much more to worry about. However, this was something that prompted the second barium swallow, to ensure the integrity of the esophagus.
I'm so looking forward to taking a shower....