Fun subject, eh? Figured it was worth a post though? I haven't been very good about keeping the info current on Noah, but after some success with diet and supplement interventions on a behavioral side, we still really have struggles with Noah's eating and sleeping - he doesn't eat or sleep much.
Noah's was diagnosed with reflux when he was only a day old. As he grew up, he seemed to grow out of his reflux for the most part. A couple of months ago, during a particularly sleepless/foodless couple of weeks for Noah, it dawned on me that maybe that wasn't the case - that reflux was actually causing him enough discomfort to affect eating and sleeping. After all, most of the reason we assumed Noah had outgrown it, was because his outward symptoms had lessened...spitting up, irritability, etc., things that most kids grow out of regardless. So, we decided to try putting him back on prevacid to see if anything changed. There was immediate improvement in Noah's eating/sleeping and mood. So we took that as enough evidence to consult with a pediatric gastroenterologist which in turn led to us deciding it was time to go in and take a good look at things! It's hard to tell with a little guy like Noah. Although his communication skills are pretty good at this point, he still has a hard time telling us things like "where it hurts", especially if there's not a visible wound he can point to. Plus, if he's had some level of discomfort his whole life due to reflux, he probably wouldn't even think to tell us about it! Anyway - we just wanted to get a comprehensive picture of anything that might be going on in there. We figure if there isn't anything to find, at least that will be one more thing we can check of the list to worry about! Here are some pictures of the day:
Getting all prepped and ready - including taking a little goofy juice to make him nice and calm (I could use a supply of that at home)!
Heading in for the endo...
In recovery...
Checking out the awesome train display on our way out of the hospital!
UPDATE: Noah's endoscopy, biopsies and allergy testing came back completely clean! This is great of course, but a little part of me was hoping they would find something we could treat -and not by some controversial method - that would explain some of the difficulties we experience with Noah. Not the case! So we move on, able to cross a few things off our list of potential issues and treatments and concentrate on other solutions for Noah. Onward!!!
