Jeannette went to the ER at Northwestern Medical Center two weeks ago, complaining of pain in her esophagus and stomach. After an X-ray showed no blockage or major issue, Jeannette was hydrated and sent home with Maalox with lidocaine to help with pain and to sooth any damage medications had caused to her stomach and throat.
After a week of treatment with the Maalox Jeannette felt as if her symptoms were no better, so her primary care physician Dr. Miller told her to go to the ER at Fletcher Allen. That is where she and Tim spent this past Friday. There she was again hydrated, and after drinking the dreaded barium solution, she was given a CT scan. The scan again showed nothing that accounted for her symptoms.
Just to be sure nothing had been missed, Fletcher Allen scheduled an endoscopy for today, which Justin and Jeff took Jeannette to. After the tube had been sent down her esophagus, the doctor reported back that there were a few erosions in Jeannette's stomach, but that they were nothing major. He is sending a sample to be biopsied, but said that these small issues shouldn't account for how poorly she's been feeling. Jeannette was again hydrated, and spent some time discussing good food options and ways to eat to help get her back on track. Slow and steady is the trick, since Jeannette has barely eaten anything for nearly a month at this point.
Jeannette will continue to follow-up with Dr. Miller and work to get herself back on an even keel. Many of her other symptoms (fatigue, lack of appetite, nausea, dizziness) will likely be solved by simply getting back to a normal pattern of eating.
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