Our Fam: Gastroentereology

One of these days I'll go back to posting about things non-medical :) Today was the BIG day- time to get some answers from the GI guys. Except, there weren't too many answers, just more of a plan :) So, talked to the GI doctor. I'm usually good at remembering BJ's docs names, but I'm losing track. Anyway, she took time with us and listened fairly well without feeling too rushed. I tried to be helpful and print up his past medical history, a quick summary, and a quick diet log (all in fear she would say it was diet related and send me on my way). In the end, she glanced at this stuff, but took my answer that he had a good diet. She examined him again-he is a trooper. He deals with some of the "ickier" exams better than most male adults :) And then she offered the kids juice and goldfish or teddy grahams so we could talk longer. (Interesting strategy- after we've discussed whether or not he has a healthy diet- and since I had already let them have raisins). Basically, she wants us to continue what we are doing with the Miralax, just be more regimented in it. We also need to keep a log of his bowel movements and his tummy aches. She suggested we continue to keep him off dairy as a dairy allergy (even though his previous dairy testing is negative) could present this way. She also wants us to do a blood test for celiac (gluten allergy) but we can wait a little while to see if our insurance company accepts our appeal on the cystic fibrosis carrier test and do both tests together. (I love it when pediatric docs understand how traumatic blood draws can be and are cool with "grouping" them). We will go back in 2 months, and if there is no change at that time, she will suggest a colonoscopy to get to the bottom of his issues. Thanks for your prayers! Here are some cutie pictures to share!

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