Not admitted to hospital. Given Vicodin for pain, a note to get off work and plan to have needle liver biopsy and endoscopy arranged per the way her insurance will cover it, which was not admission to hospital at which the specialist works.

Doc says it is not the liver causing her pain. Endoscopy is to find out what else may be happening. She has constant nausea and pain.

Work has all but threatened to fire her, so she is more stressed and in more pain than ever.

Don't know whether to be relieved that hospital admission was not considered critical at this point or scared that insurance coverage may be impeding proper diagnosis and treatment.

Thank you all for hanging in there with me.