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Hello, my name is
Kellianne Elker
As you have probably guessed I have CVS.
This is how it started.
It was in fourth grade when I was 10. I hadn't been feeling well anyway and
it had gotten worse. So, one morning I felt really sick I knew I was nor
going to school that day. I woke up and waited for me to throw up because I
knew I would eventually then all of a sudden it came out. I walked over to
the steps and told my mother she said to go back to bed and she'll be up in
a minute so I went back to bed and then a couple of minutes later I threw up
again and that was just the start. it was like that all day every few
minutes I would throw up so then my mom took me out to the doctors or some
place like that and on the way back I threw up in the car I could keep
nothing down that day. The next day I still wasn't feeling well so my mom
decided to take me to the hospital. She took me to Abington strait to the
emergency room. The part she said she was also worried about was the fact
that I was bent over when I walked. So I went to a room and the Nurse gave
me an IV and ! told me to go to the bathroom for a urine test. The whole
time the doctors were kidding around with me saying things like 'Want to go
to the cafeteria to get something to eat?' Of course I knew I couldn't eat
but they made me really hungry. So I stayed at the hospital till 11:30. I
was out of school for the rest of the week. And got better in a couple of
days.
Then in fifth grade it came back in spring the same time it came the year
before. I didn't throw up as much as before but, my stomach ache was 5 times
worse that before. So again my mom took me to the hospital the day after and
it was pretty much the same except for the fact that I got a catscan also
and came back the next day for ultra sounds and things like that. So I was
out for a week and missed my Spirit of Philadelphia. it again was not fun at
all.
Then on the week of Thanksgiving I got it again but it wasn't that serious I
felt fine on Thanksgiving day but after I ate it wasn't good my stomach
really hurt. So I thought that was it but boy was I wrong. In the middle of
July I got it again and this time it was serious I made myself throw up
cause it made me feel better and I couldn't myself. I didn't go to the
hospital this time cause it cleared up in a few days but, my mom said she
had enough. And took me to a special doctor in King of Prussia. They told me
I need to get an upper G.I., another ultra sound for around my waist and a
blood test. So we got all those done and went back about a month or so later
and she told us it was nothing to serious but I have CVS or abdominal
migraines my mom and dad were overjoyed they were so happy that we now know
what I have and now have medicine to treat it but the person who was the
most thrilled was me. I was so happy that I knew I was going to be able to
get better cause w! e knew what it was.
Everyone was so sad when I was in the hospital. My family and friends were
so supportive I'm glad I have them here with me.
I am now 13 and in seventh grade ready to face the world knowing that I can
actually stay better with the medicine I am so thrilled still and overjoyed
it was all so overwhelming . Thank you to whomever may be reading this.:)
Kellianne Elker
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