Oh BOY was I sick

 Hi saints,

I just returned home from 6 days in the hospital.  I had a severe case of pancreatitis.  Now to figure out how to keep a pancreas more happy when I hardly eat any sugar.  There must be more to it than that.  It was confusing to me as my gall bladder had no stones and my liver was happy.  

I was put on narcotic level drugs for the pain and for the nausea for 5 days.  I was also on the IV/ice chip diet for 4 days.  This was to give my pancreas a chance to totally rest.  Then I went to broth and finally to soft food.  Now I have no diet restrictions except not to eat much fat.  

It was confusing to all of the nurses and the doctor I was assigned to that I would have pancreatitis. The usual causes are high alcohol consumption; gall stones; high triglycerides, or a stone on top of the pancreas. Being I had none of those, why was I so sick?

A bit of light came when I mentioned to my doctor that I have MS which is an auto-immune disease.  "OH," he said "It must be autoimmune pancreatitis!"  And off he went to study that.

When the doc returned the next day, he told me that he had learned that there are 2 kinds of autoimmune pancreatitis.  I guess there is a test to differentiate which one I have.  When my good doctor tried to order the test, he wasn't able to because he's not a gastroenterologist.  sigh

So he's sending me to one and I need you all to pray that I can get in soon.  All of the nurses said that it's almost impossible to get in to one but our God is the God of impossibilities.  PLEASE pray that I can get an appointment with a person who can give me the test; find out what this is all about; and set me on a path towards healing.

I am not well yet.  I still have pain and today there is a fever brewing so I thought I would come here and ask you to pray for me.  I bless you for thinking of me to the Father.

Other than that, harvest is right around the corner.  I so want to be strong so that I can help with the harvest.  

I love you all,

Dawn

PS  This picture is not me but how I must have looked in the hospital.  I was in extreme pain with nausea and exhaustion.  May God bless each nurse and my doctor for getting me through the worst of it.