Time flies when you're busy. Having 4 kids is just nuts, especially when 2 are sick.
Jaedyn had her procedure last week and came through okay. It took her about 5 days to get any sort of appetite back, which is hard for a mama to watch when is already so underweight. I've spoken with the gastroenterologist a couple times this week. She is still leaning towards Crohn's disease as a diagnosis, although the testing has not been conclusive so far. Today she is undergoing another cleanout, and tomorrow she and her daddy will fly to Anchorage and do what is called a "capsule endoscopy". Essentially this procedure is where she swallows a dime size capsule that has a camera inside it. Is a camera goes throughout her GI system it takes thousands of pictures. This enables the doctors to see inside her small bowel. On her colonoscopy Jaedyn had one small area that was suspicious for Crohn's. The gastroenterologist thinks that she probably has much more widespread disease in her small bowel, and feels this test may be helpful in nailing down the diagnosis. They will come back tomorrow night.
My son, Josiah, has had a cold since the beginning of the week, and a swollen left lower eyelid for 3 or 4 days. Yesterday he came home from school early with an earache, and today both ears are hurting and he is running a fever. He has pretty much slept most of the time since he came home from school yesterday afternoon. He watched TV for a little while last night, but then asked to go back to bed. Today we brought him to the doctor, who is, along with me, puzzled by the swelling under his eye and the redness of his conjunctiva on that side. He thinks it may be a cellulitis. Now he is on eyedrops and antibiotics for the eye and a double ear infection. I'm hoping he has a quick turnaround and can get back to school tomorrow, otherwise I may have to stay home with him while his daddy and sister are in Anchorage.
Sorry, no new pictures today.
2 comments:
Oh my, sorry there is so much sickness in your house. I hope your son feel better soon.
That pill that is a camera, wow, how interesting. The things they can do in this day and age. I hope it all went well, and that you will have a diagnosis soon. :)
Hi Carol, I'm so sorry your daughter has to go through this...I know what it is like to watch our children enter the hospital world, and it really takes something out of us mamas. I pray they find something conclusive and treatable for her. And for Josiah, too...wow, you're really having a run of stuff going on! How old is Jaedyn now? Praying for all of you!
Blessings,
Lori
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