Miscarried at 8 weeks on the 18th of February… started hemorrhaging and couldn’t slow the bleeding. So the 20th after I started feeling dizzy I drove myself to the ER. Nearly passed out while they were doing triage-wound up getting 3 bags of fluids and going home that night. Saw my family Dr 2 days later. (She told me I should have had a blood transfusion from the bloodwork results she saw) I went home and had a gallbladder attack the next day… I have two parents who have had theirs removed, so when the orange urine, clay colored stool, and upper abdominal pain came up, I knew what was going on. I decided to eat fat free for the weekend and see if it would clear up. —keep in mind I was still on technical bed rest for the bleeding at this point— Monday (the 24th) the pain was worse and the symptoms had not resolved, so I went to my primary care Dr… She sent me straight to the ER because she was worried about this being potentially connected to the miscarriage.

Turned out to be a good call because I wound up having a gallbladder filled with stones (see pic, though that is not the one that showed the best view of the stones..) and what turned out to be a fully blocked pancreatic duct! It took 25 minutes from the time they took the ultrasound of my gallbladder to the nurse bringing me back for surgery….

Ope, then I got an infection and Strep at the same time! So antibiotics and taking it easy for me.

…per the Dr., stuck home another week away from work and back to work on light duty with NO lifting for a week. (I’m a vet tech, so that is going to suck…)

So NOT the ultrasound I was hoping to have this week 😭.

I guess my point is that this all happened in such a huge torrent that I have been in a ton of pain and I haven’t processed the loss. I don’t even

know how to start… Any ideas? We were so excited…

😞

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