treated over in lafayette. he drives from brownsville, texas to lafayette, louisiana, and all the while he is sick. so you have to assume that he was sick in the mexican prison in whatever brought the illness on happened there, correct? yes, sir. as a matter of fact, actually his symptoms started between 7 or 10 days prior to being let go. started having copious amounts of diarrhea, having more than five bowel movements a day. not tolerating taking anything orally as well. and then the fevers and the headaches started actually occurring once he was let go in texas itself. he just could not tolerate the drive to miami and was around lafayette, louisiana is where they decided to stop in the emergency room. bill: what was genesis of the illness what was wrong with him? it would be a combination of being so severely dehydrated from the diarrhea itself. he received a lot of iv fluids. several liters worth. did a lumbar puncture while he was in lafayette. bill: they work him up in
it s not just ordinary nausea though. it s overwhelming debilitating nausea that puts women and their unborn babies at risk. abc s dr. jennifer ashton explains exactly what can be done about it. this is potentially very serious for a pregnant woman. at this stage of pregnancy however, most of the risks lie with the mother. we usually start by modifying diet. so feeding bland foods, small frequent meals. then if necessary, the woman might need to be admitted to the hospital where iv fluids or iv hydration is given. if that doesn t work, we then go on to medications. and these are very strong anti-nausea medications that work both in the brain as well as the stomach. if necessary, tube feedings with a permanent catheter might be needed. much bigger than queasiness and potentially very serious. and folks have to understand we re not talking a run-of-the-mill condition here. they say sometimes the condition
not to speculate. jenna: if you have twins, triplets, something like that. the hormone beta htg is responsible for the vomiting. if you have twins or triplets, you have more of that in your body. jenna: they say kate is at a very early stage. when does this take place? is it super early in the pregnancy? it s very early. symptoms usually resolve about 14 weeks. she is likely earlier than that, her first try mess sister. any concern for the baby. as long as she is treated. i m sure she is getting excellent care with iv fluids and nutrition and monitored closely i m sure the baby is fine. jenna: a lot of women experience this. in your practice have you ever found that cure for morning sickness? does it exist? i don t know if there is a magic cure. but definitely rest, fluids, sometimes medication if needed to help with the vomiting, b
week. the mayor says it s costing the local economy billions of dollars and urged them to extend the talks around-the-clock instead of end -lg them evering them every night. he also urged the use of a mediator. no progress there. jenna: will and kate are pregnant. tanya altman is a professor at ucla and a pediatrician and came in to talk to us about this news because we found out about it because kate is in the hospital. the palace says she has an extreme form of morning sickness. how concerned should we all be and what about the baby. congratulations this is exciting news. a lot of people get morning sickness, it s a very common symptom in early pregnancy. when the morning sickness is very severe, you can t keep any fluids down, you are vomiting so much then often you need to be hospitalized and treated with iv fluids and sometimes iv nutrition. it s more common in multiples,
i tell myself, i ve got to protect myself and don t let none of this stuff get on me, you know. that s why i have this suit and chemical agents and gloves or whatever because i need to protect. got to be done if i want to gain time. i m ready to get it over with, go ahead and get back to my cell. how did it go? cleaning the blood up? it was a lot. it was a lot. this was the first one i did with that much blood. so i guess i ll be more experienced on the next. cell s been decontaminated now. it s been cleaned out, bleached, all of the fluids removed. normally, what happens is once the inmate s bandaged up by medical, he s sent back down. in the doctor s case, he won t be sit back down. he had to have iv fluids in for the loss of blood, so he ll remain with medical staff probably the rest of the day and be returned to us tomorrow. but his cells been decontaminated and ready for him to come back.