Even though Little Man is pictured crying in the photo above, he did very well during his renal scan yesterday. In fact, he even fell asleep for a short time as well. Unfortunately, Andy accidentally woke him up as he had to administer the Lasix flush through the IV about half way through the test. He needed a little light and had to move Ian's arm to access the IV better. But I give it to Andy because he tried his best to keep Little Man asleep. He even placed Ian's lovey (his burp clothe) over Ian's eyes hoping to not to disturb him. Although the attempt failed and Ian eventually woke up whaling and letting everyone in the hospital know that he was very displeased, Andy sure tried and was so attentive. And well, Little Man for that matter still remained very still. He never tried to get off or move or anything. He just slept or cried and remained absolutely still.
I had been so nervous about how Ian would be during the 50 minute test (not including the prep time) as he has become quite an active little boy. He climbs up onto everything. For example, the other morning Scot found Ian doing the army/soldier crawl across the top of our little kitchen island. He got up there all by himself. Little Man keeps us on our toes to say the least, but he did remarkably well yesterday.
Anyways, it is hard to see him go through this--getting pricked and prodded some, and seeing tears of fear and pain run down his face; however, it is all a blessing at the same time too. I don't see hospitals as a place of illness and sadness. I see a bunch of people, for the most part, wanting to help others and bless others in a way. We have gotten to know some of the staff. And Andy for example has been a true blessing. He comes right over to us now and chats with Ian and plays with him some even when we are still sitting and waiting in the waiting room. He always takes care of us. He helps us feel comfortable and get's us drinks and snacks, free of charge. One time he got me a blanket when he noticed that I was freezing my little tooshie right off! Also, he is so gentle with Ian. Never has a problem with placing a passy in Ian's mouth, when he was younger, or ensuring Ian is warm and comfortable. It is nice to see other techs and nurses play with him as well and give him toys and stuffed animals. In many ways this all has been a blessing to see others love on my child.
Yesterday, the day started off with the cancellation of the CT Scan. It was an error on office employees. As I realized that morning what CT scans entailed and heard that he had to have his blood drawn to check his kidneys, in order to do a scan on his kidneys, I knew something was off. I was glad they caught the mistake and called the urologist himself to discuss the issue. I did feel a little naive about everything yesterday, however. Generally, I ask a lot of questions and may be this time I dropped the ball a little. Perhaps with his GI troubles and such I just got a little overwhelmed with remembering everything. Anyways... regardless it didn't happen and God was looking out for Ian.
Ian did not need to be cathed yesterday! Thank goodness! And Nurse B. got his IV with the first try again. A huge blessing too. It took three nurses/techs and Scot and I to hold Ian down and get the IV going, which tells you how strong and big our little guy is for which I am blessed that for the most part, Ian is one healthy boy and we all joke that he has a future in football at this rate!
We saw our urologist later that day who liked what he saw. He said that his kidneys are stable and that he believed that their function had improved slightly. He said that although both of Ian's kidneys still experience some urine retention and it takes his kidneys a little longer to empty than normal it was still in the lower end of normal. Urine evacuation takes longer for the left kidney than the right one, but that is because his left one is larger. The urologist went even as far as to say that he believed that there may not be a partial obstruction anymore, but he wouldn't know for sure unless he went in and took a look, which is simply not an option right now. He thinks as Ian has grown a kink, or something of the like, has worked its way out, which is another blessing that God has given us such a growing baby boy! So there is a name for his condition hydro something or other. I can't remember how to spell it and I don't feel like finding the spelling right now! HA HA! But basically, he has an enlarged left kidney and urine retention. We still need to keep an eye on his kidneys but not as often as his next renal scan will be a year from now! YAY!
With that said, we do have a few more docs to see and a few more tests possibly to go in regards to his GI issues, but hopefully by mid October, we should be in the clear for a while Lord willing. Please pray for that blessing. Ian had a barium test for his upper GI last week. The gastroenterologist had a pathologist in the room for part of the test. In regards to what she observed, Ian takes large swallows and did not chew much, which baffles Scot and I a little due to the fact that he chews other foods quite well, like crackers, nutrigrain bars and bananas for example. We take him to the pathologist this week who will help him learn how to chew and swallow properly. The barium test revealed that there were no irregularities in his upper GI tract. And due to the fact that no acid reflux was readily seen, and the fact that he also had not consumed any dairy products at all for a few days due to the power outage, we came to the conclusion to put his endoscopy (I so may have missed spelt that) on hold. Ian will go to the allergist and then we will see the gastroenterlogist in October and go from there. He is still concerned that Ian has allergic esophagitis and wants to get cultures of his stomach, but Scot and I want to see if we can possibly rule things out with out putting Ian through another round of test(s).
So that's it for Little Man's update for now. The girls are great! Skye had a great first week of first grade even though it was one soaker of a week! Due to bucket loads of rain, Skye's soccer game was canceled today due to sopping wet, soaked fields, but hopefully, she will get to play next week if the weather holds. Paisley is well and enjoyed her birthday festivities! She also started her dance classes and she is so very excited to start preschool on Monday. She has Skye's previous preschool teacher, which is an absolute blessing!
I am almost positive I have grammar and spelling mistakes but I am under a bit of a time crunch esp. now that I am holding Ian on my hip and typing with one arm, so please forgive me! Hopefully, everything makes sense!
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