My 12 yr old Daughter has been unwell since 28 September
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Hi, looking for abit of advice.. My 12 yr old Daughter became unwell in September with abdominal pain. She had bloods done, x ray and an ultrasound and they removed her appendix. After surgery (key hole) she was still unwell suffering with pain in her tummy and it was radiating to her hip but now on her left side - we were told and assumed it was the after effects of her op but she hasn't recovered. We've been back and forth numerous times as the pain then stayed on her hip, weve had several diagnosis' such as constipation, hernia, period pains etc and they prescribed her medication. None of this worked and then in November she collapsed at school and was taken to hospital via ambulance. The A&E weren't very helpful and said that they only deal with breaks and fractures... The following day I took her back to my own GP as the pain gets unbearable and restricts her from normal day to day activities such as going to school and just pottering around the house. We got referred to the CAU and saw orthopedic surgeons and said that the rumotologist doctor needs to see her so she was admitted that night, on examination they found a lump in her groin area and said it was an hernia but the scan later that day didn't pick anything up so they think it's just abit of fatty tissue. The next diagnosis is enthesitis which is inflammation of the hip and she had to have a general anaesthetic and had 5 steroid injections in her hip on 21 December. She was okish a couple of days after but not 100% then last week she's gone straight back to how she was originally and now the pain is radiating around her tummy again as well as her hip. She's next due to be seen in clinic 21 Jan but I've been trying to speak to the consultants secretary who hasn't been very forthcoming as my daughter has now lost her appetite and is been sick. She's not been sick everyday but when she eats I think it irritates her and she's sick, she says she keeps going dizzy and light header and sometimes gets shooting pains at the back of her head. At the moment she is on morphine, naproxen, gabapentin, omerprazole and paracetamol and nothing is working whatsoever. I don't really know what else I can do or where I can go - the pain that she feels comes and goes in spasms and it's like a sharp stabbing pain and then like someone is Continusouly punching her in the tummy. If anyone can give me advice or if you or someone you know have experienced anything like this yourself can you please drop me a line so I know what to expect. Thanks
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Nanny1086 sarah290981
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sadly I have no answers for you ,
but I read your story and felt the need to,let you know that someone has read it ,I hope you get some answers soon and your daughter will make a full recovery ,we hate to see our children poorly and we are so helpless in these situations ,all I can offer you are my best wishes ,and you will both be in my prayers ,I hope you get answers soon ,God bless
p,s, it will be interesting to follow up on your daughters health improvements and diagnosis,
take care xx
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sarah290981 para_52094
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Thank you and best wishes
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