My 13-year old daughter had a HIDA scan 6 days ago because she has been suffering from chronic nausea for 6 weeks and had some minor tenderness over her gallbladder. She had the usual nausea and pain during the HIDA scan at 8 am, but it went away before we left the hospital. She was fine for the rest of the day, but around 2pm when she started moving around, she began to have cramping pain. That faded, but she continues to have what she says feels like muscle soreness, which moves around in her abdomen, every day. It goes up and down in intensity, but has not disappeared. She says that on a scale of 1-10, the pain fluctuates between a 1 and 4-5. It's not enough that either of us wants to go to the hospital, but I am very concerned.
The nuclear med people who did the test say that they have never heard of this happening. The doctor's office is too busy to get back to me with an answer despite repeated calls.
I want to know if anyone else has ever experienced this continued pain/soreness following a HIDA scan. I'm starting to worry that the CCK injection has somehow damaged her organs or that she is having some kind of reaction to it. I would bet money that the doctor won't know what's going on either.
Note: her HIDA scan took barely an hour, which would indicate that everyting was normal. Also the tech said that "it looked good to him," but of course he's not supposed to tell the patient anything.
She had NO PAIN, aside from occasional heartburn prior to the HIDA scan (and the CCK injection).
I'm really worried about my daughter.