Scope Day

The Colonoscopy and EGD were scheduled for December 21st. I know you are all thinking what a bad day to have a scope done, the day before his 7th birthday.  Well it was the only day that worked. :(  He was a little nervous but was so brave.  He had to start his Mirralax on the 20th at about noon.  Luckily it was a snow day so he didn't have to miss school for that. He drank it like a champ!  The morning of the 21st we got Braden and Zachary to school and then got Matthew ready.  Our report time was 10:00am.  Poor Matthew was starving.  We got right in and met with nurses, anesthesia, the surgeon Dr. Stephens,  and child educator came and talked with him about what was going to happen. When it was time I walked him into the procedure room and helped him up on the bed.  He chose Birthday cake for his anesthesia flavor. The whole team in there was awesome.  They were telling him jokes while he went to sleep.  The next hour and a half was really tough on Ryan and I.  We sat and waited and waited. When the procedure was done Dr. Stephens came and got us. He met with Ryan and I and showed us the the pictures from the scope.  His preliminary diagnosis was Crohns.  We had to wait for the biopsies to come back to know for sure.  After that we got to go in and see Matthew.  He was still sleeping but starting to stir.  As he was waking up he didn't like is IV too much, but who really does?  He ate some chocolate pudding and had a root beer and watched some cartoons.  Once he ate the nurse got his IV and his pulse ox off.  We left the St. Mary's at about 1:30ish and that began out constant research on Crohns.

Despite all the news Matthew had a great Birthday at Chuck E Cheese and a great Christmas.  He bounced right back from the scopes and felt great the whole weekend.  Because of the holiday we didn't get the results back right away.