I've been discharged and am home now.
Thank you all for your concern. I posted an explanation the day I was admitted, and ever since, readers have been wishing me a speedy recovery, helping me figure out what caused the illness, and telling me what to watch out for afterward. Thank you so much, truly. I originally wanted to reply to everyone individually, but I'd already started feeling unwell the night before I was admitted and hadn't slept well all night. The next day, I actually went to three hospitals before getting admitted. Once I was in, they put a stomach tube straight in. After I posted that explanation on my phone, they put IV cannulas in both my hands. The one in my left hand was for fluids-glucose, saline, and stomach-protecting medication-and the one in my right was for nutritional fluids.
After that, I could barely manage to look at my phone, and replying was extremely inconvenient. So I'd like to thank you readers again here for your well wishes and for sticking with this book-and, to one particular reader, please don't worry. I'll definitely finish this book. After all, a bowel obstruction isn't considered that serious an illness in a modern hospital.
Now, an update on what actually happened. It was a bowel obstruction. The reason I had to endure the stomach pain and go to three hospitals was that the first two suspected there was a more complicated cause and didn't dare treat it. The third hospital admitted me. The doctor was very young, and his treatment was right on target. They inserted a stomach tube that day, I threw up twice, and the pain was pretty much gone. After a day of IV medication, I passed stool and gas the next day. On the third day,