Waited for about 45 mins in the waiting room after “signing in” to get called to check in and taken to ER and placed on a temp bed (around 1pm). The doctors and nurses came and asked the same question over and over again. I felt like recording it onto my phone and play it back for each one of them haha. Basically they ask you what happened, where’s the pain, from 1-10 how painful is it, what time it happened, are you allergic to anything, any medical problems, any medications, etc. They told me a ct scan is needed to determine if it’s appendicitis, bowel obstruction or others (cancer). They gave me morphine to ease the pain but I had an allergic reaction to it this time. The left arm veins all popped up and turned reddish from where the IV needle entered. They had 3 doctors came to look at it and all of them said they have never seen it before. I felt an itch on the arm in the very beginning morphine is administered. I found myself scratch the left arm and then I was like hey I think I am having an allergic reaction and show the nurse Chris the itching area. The vein started blowing up and turning red. They gave me Benadryl to stop the reaction. The popped up vein last for quite a while. The result from the ct scan came back and they told me it is bowel obstruction and it’s serious. They were already talking surgery and checking me into the hospital. They said they will have the surgical team look at the ct scan and talk to me about different options. I called my other surgeon’s office they said usually these type of obstruction they will apply a “conservation” approach which is to insert a tube to suck out food and liquid and wait to see if the bowel recovers itself. If it doesn’t, then surgery will be considered. The doctor here came back and inserted a tube through my left nostril down to the stomach so it’s the same as last time. By around 8:30pm I got a room in the hospital and began my “vacation” there. I bumped into a friend who worked at the hospital. He saw my name on the computer but wasn’t sure and checked with my info on faceboook. He came and I was surprised to see him. He helped with some things and I am grateful for it. Thanks!

While in my room, 2 doctors came and told me the ct scan is showing a 5cm dilation of the intestine and that’s pretty big. I think in their mind they were thinking surgery already. I was like no no no. At the end of their visit, I had passed gas, a small one and I told me about it. They said it’s good, keep it up. I had my bro go home it was 9ish because sil and kids still at my house waiting. I recorded my gassing time on the phone. 10pm 2 ba-ba-bas. 10:20pm another ba-ba-ba. lol I fell asleep maybe 11pm or so and woke 2 hours later at around 1:30am because the need to go to the bathroom. I was excited but wasn’t sure if anything is coming out. Went to the bathroom and voila, some came out (harder ones), and then some more (softer) and then some more (liquidy). That was a huge load of it. I told my nurse immediately and she was happy about it. I went back to sleep and feeling really good.

Next morning a doctor came and I told her about last night’s bowl movement. Another doctor came and removed the tube from down my stomach. It was a quick pull out but the acid from the stomach stung the nostril when the end of the tube passes through the nose. I was tearing like crazy. I think they should offer us some water first to wash down the tube before pulling it out. They did that when inserting the tube they should do the same when extracting it. What a relief for the tube to come out but my throat was hurting from all that friction when it was inside. It almost feel like being sick with a swollen throat. The pain went away after about a day. Liquid diet was finally ordered for me for dinner. It came a bit late around 6ish I almost thought it wasn’t coming. I enjoyed it and drank everything. I spent the night playing with my G1 phone and the apps on it. It’s awesome to have a phone with web access! I downloaded a few games for the phone and they kept me busy for a while. Also finally checked out sharing photos and videos from the phone.

Monday morning a whole bunch of doctors showed up and one asked me a few questions and told me that they will give me solid food and see how it goes. They said if everything goes well by late afternoon then I should be able to leave in the evening. Around 9am breakfast came. There were scrambled egg, potatoes, oatmeal, banana, tea, and a piece of bread. Yums haha The nurse also gave me the liquid diet my roommate couldn’t eat because he was going to be operated the same morning. An hour later another doctor came, a surgeon, that I met 3 years ago at the same hospital. He remembered me and said he didn’t operate on me 3 years ago. He saw that I was doing good and had passed gas and told me I can go home soon. Later a nurse came and said I can be discharged just waiting for papers. My sister came “pick” me up and we walked home. Sweet~

i went sky diving today (always wanted to do it and was inspired by recent jump by sb)
was too excited and couldnt sleep until 3 and woke around 5am
got a lift from a friend and got there pretty quick, got good company and i wasnt driving
left the house at 6am and got there 7:30am, signed in and ate a lil bit while waiting for friends from another car that came at 7:45am.
because we watched the videos and signed the waiver, we were setup within 30mins, the 5 of us.
everyone where assigned a jump master because we are doing tandem jumps. the fee is $195 but we got the early bird special with 5 people for $175 each. 3 of us got video/photo package for and additional $95
ran a lil bit of drill and got on the plane.
the plane ride is probably 15 mins to ~13,500 feet and the diving started
bonz went first, and then i went, then cj, peter, kc
it was pretty fast, u walk to the door and before u know it u r out the door
the fall was awesome and it didnt have the initial 1 sec fear like in the freefall ride in 6flags
i luv the free falling, it’s incredible~ (however, i didnt feel as much rush and adrenaline as anticipated, friends all had the same feeling)
i didnt get to pull the parachute cord out cuz i couldnt see the altimeter clearly. i was too busy showboating with adam, the camcorder dude haha
the parachute gliding was nice, good view but a lil hazy
we got to control the direction by pulling down the cord to left or right. the harder the pull the sharper the turn. however it got me dizzy when we did a 360 rotation and it got even worse as we sway left and right to aim for the target drop zone. i didnt feel like throwing up yet but i was nauseous. also the ear started to get stuffed up especially the left one
we got down and pull both cords down and slided on our butt over the grass! i was wondering why we didnt just come down standing up and they said it’s becuz there’s less chance of an injury (face plant, ankle twist) if sliding down.
we were pretty much done by 9am!
waited a while for our photo and video dvds
cj went for a second jump.
oh yes my stomach scar was fine and all body functions were at 100%! numbing in the toes and fingers are non-disruptive.
i think i might continue to complete the course (13 jumps + 1 lecture class) and get licensed!

Right After Jumping out of the Airplane.

I did consult with the doctor about the stomach pain. Initially they said it can be caused by the contrast dye ingested before ct scan. A lot of people have diarrhea after taking the liquid. I updated them on that I did not have diarrhea but indigestion and they believe the anti-allergy medicine Prednisone is more likely to be the candidate for my condition. My stomach pain was still there at the doctor’s appointment but the belly is not as bloated as previous days. There were a lot of bowel movements in the morning. By night time I don’t really have the pain anymore, so I had a nice seafood meal for dinner with some long lost friends from high school. It is a really great day for me

Phlebotomist – an individual trained to draw blood. I just want to write this word down somewhere because I can’t remember it. Usually I call them vampires, it’s much easier to pronounce What triggered this is that I bumped into Kevin, a phlebotomist, who’s the first to teach me that word because I called him a nurse which is not the right title and I still do. haha

my heart goes out to his family and friends. r.i.p km.