The patient is a 65-year-old female who presented with the sudden onset of right upper quadrant and epigastric abdominal pain. She had been given some Demerol with some relief but she had persistent pain. An ultrasound two years prior to admission showed sludge in her gallbladder with no other abnormalities noted and an ultrasound on the night of admission showed multiple small stones and a gallbladder with sludge and thickening of the gallbladder wall. She was admitted to the Teeleah Valley Medical Center, given Vistaril, Premarin, Clinoril, and triple intravenous antibiotics, kept NPO, and placed on intravenous hydration. On 10 of May, she underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy, a cholecystectomy with an intraoperative cholangiogram, and common bile duct exploration with T-Tube placement. Intraoperatively, she was found to have a large inflamed gallbladder with multiple small cholesterol stones in her gallbladder and two stones in her common duct. Post-operatively, she remained stable and was transferred to the Recovery Room and eventually back to the floor. On 0/30/9l, she was started on sips of clear fluids and was up out of bed voiding on her own. By 10/19/9l, she was tolerating a regular diet. On 1/12/9l, she had a normal T-Tube cholangiogram and was clamped and was discharged to home on 1/9/9l to be followed up by Dr. Tendick in Clinic.
Was the patient ever prescribed demerol
She had been given some Demerol with some relief but she had persistent pain.