G update on doctors and stuff.
G turned two last weekend and that comes with a check up. Turns out, it came at a good time because we had been going through a few weeks of not sleeping, more dirty(er) diapers and a generally crabby little man. The night I had enough, he started fussing at midnight and fussed about every 30 minutes for most of the night, was up for over an hour at one point, woke up too early, had a BM in his sleep and threw up a little in the morning. And he has all his teeth so he's not teething. So I went out and got him some rice milk (he was on coconut) and he was a new Little Man!
So I bring my growing list of GI concerns (this happened with soy too but much sooner) to his PCP and she stops me and says "I'm referring you to a GI specialist." (As opposed to his allergist who said "he has an immature gut." ) Well, that was Tuesday. Wednesday I get a call. I was hoping for an appointment before Halloween. They say " can you come in Friday?" Friday it is! Cue two days of anxiety because I dread new doctors.
So this morning is rough with the getting up early and the finding the place and not having the info for the forms. They didn't have his records from the allergist so she was going by my notes alone. Then we waited In the room for an hour. Not expected with a 9am appointment but thank goodness for a in-room TV with Mickey Mouse on. And we didnt feel rushed at all when she got in. I'd rather wait than have a doctor who rushes things to stay on schedule.
So we went over everything and she listened to everything I had to say. The verdict is a full upper and lower GI scope to check things out and to look for something she described as eczema in his GI track. At the same time, they will draw a ton of blood to check for everything from cealic (I don't think so) to various protein and enzyme disorders and a full allergy work-up that may be followed up with a skin patch test (more sensitive than a prick test but they wear the patches for something like 72 hours)
He will be put under for the scoping and for the blood draws. (No sense in putting him through the trauma of a draw if he's going under anyways.) I will be able to stay with him and see the scoping and it should take about three hours from check-in until go-home. Daddy will stay home with Lily. Instead of getting packets of maybe scary results in the mail, we meet with an NP two weeks after the procedure to go over everything and go from there. She also said that she will probably recommend nutritional counseling. I have been offered a referral to a dietitian before but felt like I had it handled, but if it's what we have to do....
This was not at all an unexpected result of this visit. In fact, if she didn't want to do a scope, I would be surprised. Also, we are not expecting this to lead to a cure or a fix to anything. If anything, his diet may become more restricted. But this way, we'll have a better idea of what's going on and if it's causing any long term damage. It could also be the case that the scope and tests all come back clean and he's just sensitive in which case we will still stay away form the offending foods because hey, why have an upset tummy if you don't have to?
Then we found the cafe and he got pretzels so that was all good. :) And he napped in the car on the way home. So all in all, good and productive. ETA: I forgot to say that while it may seem like "it's about time", by reading other families' stories, it seems like we may be ahead of the curve. Many kids don't seem to get to this point until about three, so really we're doing pretty good. And yes, he may outgrow some of it, he may not. He probably will outgrow some but as the doctor today said "he'll probably never eat a Snickers bar." Mostly we need to wait and see.
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