Last week Elijah went through a series of tests and the results came back good! It was a long and draining day for all of us. We spent 8 hours at Children's Hospital with not a lot of down time as we got taken from appointment to appointment.
At first Elijah got a little excited which caused his heart rate to climb and he oxygen levels to dip. It was enough cause for concern for the nurse at our first appointment to contact a cardiologist specialist to make sure everything was OK. He had to get an X-ray taken of his chest/heart...which everything looked fine. They wanted to make sure it was fine before we went home not knowing if it was something worse.
His kidney exam came back more encouraging. The doctor thinks there is a blockage causing the back up of urine/waste and enlarging his left kidney. Originally the diagnosis was cystic. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25th, we are going back to Children's Hospital so the doctor can run a more extensive test on Elijah's kidney.
The hardest part of last week's trip was when Elijah had to get his chest X-ray. He had to be restrained with sandbags and masking tape so he doesn't squirm when they are taking the X-ray. This caused the boy to cry and scream hitting noise levels Michelle and I never heard. Michelle was about to break down and I almost started kicking the crap out of the entire nursing staff! It was tough to watch and listen too, and then we have a crying baby in a diaper and they are trying to get us to leave the X-ray room. So much for being tactful, we understand they have a schedule to keep, but come on!
We will find out more in October about his heart. We have some tests scheduled to tackle that issue next. Thanks again for everyone's support. Take care, we'll keep you posted.
At first Elijah got a little excited which caused his heart rate to climb and he oxygen levels to dip. It was enough cause for concern for the nurse at our first appointment to contact a cardiologist specialist to make sure everything was OK. He had to get an X-ray taken of his chest/heart...which everything looked fine. They wanted to make sure it was fine before we went home not knowing if it was something worse.
His kidney exam came back more encouraging. The doctor thinks there is a blockage causing the back up of urine/waste and enlarging his left kidney. Originally the diagnosis was cystic. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25th, we are going back to Children's Hospital so the doctor can run a more extensive test on Elijah's kidney.
The hardest part of last week's trip was when Elijah had to get his chest X-ray. He had to be restrained with sandbags and masking tape so he doesn't squirm when they are taking the X-ray. This caused the boy to cry and scream hitting noise levels Michelle and I never heard. Michelle was about to break down and I almost started kicking the crap out of the entire nursing staff! It was tough to watch and listen too, and then we have a crying baby in a diaper and they are trying to get us to leave the X-ray room. So much for being tactful, we understand they have a schedule to keep, but come on!
We will find out more in October about his heart. We have some tests scheduled to tackle that issue next. Thanks again for everyone's support. Take care, we'll keep you posted.
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