I got this letter from a friend and would
really appreciate some help.
to everyone out there who gets this
message please keep passing it on to
anyone you know. It is not a joke or a
chain letter. This is my niece and she
needs help. There is no exaggeration at
all, in fact it really understates what
meaghan and her family have gone through.
If you have any ideas at all about where
they can turn to please email me or my
mother in law below. Please read the
letter below.
I am writing this letter as a desperate
plea to get help for my daughter. Her
name is meaghan and she is 16 yrs old.
Until 2 years ago meaghan was a healthy
teenaged girl who loved school and had
lots of friends and energy. Then in
sept/.04 meaghan started getting sick
every month with severe abdominal pain and
frequent vomiting when she got her monthly
cycle. In jan./ 05 meaghan got sick again
with severe abdominal pain and vomiting
this time it did not let up after a few
days like before, after taking her to
brampton’s hospital and under going
several abdominal and gastro tests
including a laparoscopy, which were all
normal, they could not give us any answers
so we were transferred to sick kids. With
an endoscopies done there they found that
meaghan had gastro – paresis and
duodenal ulcers. She was treated for that
and also had a nj tube with limited
success and was started on prokinetics
which were helpful initially but then her
symptoms reoccurred. She also lost
approx. 45 lbs between jan and apr that
year. Not to mention missed 4 ½ months
of grade 10.
Finally in apr/.05 meaghan was released
from sick kids and ready to return to a
normal life. That is until july/.05 when
meaghan once again started getting severe
abdominal pain and large frequent vomiting
episodes when she got her monthly cycle.
Sometimes vomiting as many as 20 times or
more an hour! The vomit starts as food
and becomes increasingly yellow and or
green bile. After several trips to the
hospital during these episodes meaghan was
diagnosed with possibly cyclic vomiting
syndrome, abdominal migraines and the flu.
No one really had any answers.
Since her stay at sick kids in ’05
meaghan has been an out patient with the
gastro and the gynae teams and has regular
visits.
However in aug.06 meaghan became sick and
was admitted to sick kids once again.
There they did several gastro tests again
and did another endoscopies and a
colonoscopy and still they cannot find any
cause for her pain or her vomiting and was
diagnosed with visceral hypersensitivity.
The gynae team has said that they are
confident that this is not a gynae
problem. Upon discharge they prescribed
meaghan 10 mg of amitriptyline once a day,
100 mg of b12 daily and omeprazole 20 mg
daily. Her stay lasted until sept.15/.06
when she was discharged. In the last 10
days meaghan has still been vomiting and
is still in severe pain. This last bout
of the illness has caused meaghan to lose
over 30 lbs again. She is pale and has no
energy.
For fear of dehydration I took her to sick
kids again on sept.24/.06 only to be told
they would not admit her and to take her
home and help her cope and I was also
given a prescription of morphine 13 mls
every 4 hrs when needed for pain. And
still she is vomiting and in extreme pain.
Although she tries to drink between bouts
of vomiting she still vomits anything that
goes in her mouth. She has been reluctant
to eat any food these last few days in
fear of vomiting more.
I am worried that if something is not done
that she may suffer long term effects from
all the different medications and I fear
she may become malnourished more than she
has in the past.
As it is I feel as though I am watching my
little girl wither away to nothing. And I
also feel she is losing the will to go on
fighting until we can get her the help she
not only needs but deserves and wants more
than anything. I fear she has lost the
will to go on.
I pray that you will help us by having a
consultation with us, or steer us in the
direction of someone who can help meaghan
get well.
Your reply would be so much appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
janis trench
905-494-1973
cell# 647-885-1209
or my mom’s
ellen bragg
ellie
bragg@hotmail.Com
