Past History

In April of 2008 I had an episode where I had bad cramping for hours. I thought it was something I ate. It happened again May 13, the night my twin grandsons were born. The next time was January 7, 2009 when all of us girls in the family went to see “The Lion King” at Gammage. I spent the first half of the show in the bathroom with bad stomach cramps, again thinking it was something I ate. When it happened again on February 12 I was really wondering what was going on and started writing down the dates and trying to figure out what I was eating to cause this! The next time was April 29, and it was so long (6-8 hours) and painful that I went to the ER in Gilbert. They gave me an IV, did a CT scan, couldn’t find anything and sent me home. The next time was May 27, then June 26. The worst time was July 4. Dave and I flew up to Salt Lake for the “Stadium of Fire” show at BYU. Donelle was teaching a group of dancers in the show, and Tannis flew up a couple weeks early to learn the dances and perform in the show. We were SO excited to see the show. Glenn Beck was the MC! We had gone the year before when Donelle had taught a group of dancers and performed in the show also. Dave and I stayed at Ray and Vickie’s home up there. I started feeling sick in the afternoon, and by 5 or so I was wondering if I was going to make it to the show. It had been a few hours already, so I hoped the terrible cramping would stop in time. If I could have crawled into that stadium to watch the show, I would have! Ray and Vickie left for the show, hoping that we would soon join them. I was really dying of pain, but I didn’t want to go to the hospital because it had gotten me nowhere the last time. We drove to the hospital and sat in the car and walked around the parking lot trying to deal with the pain and watching the time, still hoping to get to the show. I finally went into the ER because the pain was not letting up. They gave me an IV and sent me home after an hour or so. It happened again July 18, July 23, August 15, August 29, and October 29. During this time I had a colonoscopy, another specialized CT scan, and was seeing a digestive specialist. They couldn’t find anything wrong. I was afraid to eat anything. I was afraid to travel. I didn’t tell a lot of people about this because I felt like everyone thought I was a wimp and would go to the ER with a stomach ache!