after gallbladder surgery?

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Registered: 05-03-2003
after gallbladder surgery?
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Sat, 12-31-2005 - 11:36am
I have been trying to find information on gallbladder, and found this board! I hope you can help with this.
My friend's DS age 11 recently had his gall bladder removed. Tests showed that it was functioning at 30%, and there was a long list of family history, so the surgery was scheduled for just before Thanksgiving, thinking that the long break would give enough time for him to feel like going back to school. It was the laproscopic surgery.
He did pretty well, stayed overnite, and home the next day.
Well, he has had a terrible time of it. First, he had a red rash, maybe a reaction to medications, then some diarrhea, which I think is expected. He kept complaining of pain, and had anxiety about going back to school, since he had tons of homework.
It is now a month since the surgery. He continues to have abdominal pain which reaches up into his chest, he has nausea all the time, along with chills but not fever. The symptoms seem worse at bedtime and go until the middle of the night, and the nausea continues into the morning. Someone suggested that he just didn't want to go back to school before, but he has been sick over this Christmas break and didn't go to movies or shopping. His mom tells me that they have been eating low-fat.
She is planning to call the surgeon and see what he says. The pediatrician ordered complete blood work-up and a Cat scan, which both showed normal results.
Could this be some kind of post-surgery complication, or is this a common part of surgery recovery?
I really hope someone here can give some insight or experience.
Thanks so much,
colleen

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Registered: 04-14-2003
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 9:08pm

I havn't heard from you lately and I was wondering if you got your friend to try the calcium to help control the diarrhea.

Linda

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