Maybe I wasn't listening well enough to my surgeon, but can someone remind me how the stomach is sutured back together after they remove the part that comes out? Stomach itself, not the incisions where the trocars are inserted.

My daughter is post op 2 months and cannot stop throwing up. She has been to the ER 4 times. Her potassium levels are always low. She is trying very hard to keep fluids down, and she has had a UTI for about a month. I am very worried that I am going to lose her. Her Surgeon and Nurse keeps telling her she just has a low tolerance to pain and suggested she stop going to the ER. The last trip to the ER. The Doctor and nurses there looked horrified that they would tell her that. She lives 50 miles from where she had her surgery. I don't know what to do. She does not know what to do. She is getting less than 200 calories a day and she can still only tolerate Clear liquids and really not that either.

My daughter is post op 2 months and cannot stop throwing up. She has been to the ER 4 times. Her potassium levels are always low. She is trying very hard to keep fluids down, and she has had a UTI for about a month. I am very worried that I am going to lose her. Her Surgeon and Nurse keeps telling her she just has a low tolerance to pain and suggested she stop going to the ER. The last trip to the ER. The Doctor and nurses there looked horrified that they would tell her that. She lives 50 miles from where she had her surgery. I don't know what to do. She does not know what to do. She is getting less than 200 calories a day and she can still only tolerate clear liquids and really not that either.

Krystalmartin,

Has she been checked for a leak? Go to the complication forums under sleeve complications. Did they look for leaks when she is at the ER?

yes she had a cat scan and two swallow tests. The last swallow test was about two weeks ago and there are no leaks. Im wondering if it could be a stricture. I did go to the complication forum as you suggested. I appreciate your reply.