For the beginning of this story go to the post The Beginning of Hunter's GI Nightmare.
Hunter went to the GI Specialist and saw his Nurse Practitioner, Leslie Ferrell. Loved her. I fed Hunter in the waiting room prior to his appointment so she could see the regurgitation in action.
We were in the room waiting for her and when she walked into the room and witnessed for herself the regurgitation that was happening her response was, "This is serious. This is real serious." Finally. Someone. Who. Understood. Me. I was so relieved! She said she wanted Dr. Mizell to see this. He came into the room and agreed. They reviewed the reports from Utah Valley Hospital, the 3 KUB's and the Upper GI Study. They quickly decided that we needed to see what was happening and needed to have a scope done.
Dr. Mizell called Primary Children's Riverton and got Hunter in for surgery the following Wednesday morning. This was the absolute soonest they could fit us in! I was so thankful that Dr. Leslie felt the urgency that I felt and got Dr. Mizell's attention and together they worked out a plan. I only had 6 days to wait for the scope. The scope was to see what was happening in the esophagus and the stomach and everything in-between. I learned that the Upper GI only showed if things were in tack physically and that things move through unobstructed but didn't show function of everything in-between.
This picture is of Hunter on March 26th. The night before his scope. This is immediately following a drink of purple punch. By this time Hunter was living in the highchair because he didn't have much energy to sit without it and it helped keep him in an upright position.
The garbage can sat at Hunter's side so that I could wipe up the regurgitated fluid with a paper towel and through it away.
The morning of the scope (March 27th) we got up early and went to Riverton Primary Children's. Hunter got in his cute little hospital gown and we waited to be called. It was so nice because he had to fast for the procedure so he didn't have anything in his tummy to regurgitate. He was dry the entire time and he could play without a stupid bib getting in his way.
Hunter and Dad playing the iPad while we were waiting.
The procedure went well. Hunter did great getting his IV and waking up. During the scope the doctor was going to take biopsies in his esophagus, stomach, and little intestines to see if there were any sings of eosiphiligitis or disease.
Here Hunter comes from the ER. Look at that sad face.
I couldn't wait to give him kisses and he was happy to get them.
He was so sleepy right after. I gave him a little drink and he snuggled down and went to sleep.
Dr. Mizell came out and talked to us. The procedure went really well. He was suffering from esophagitis (swelling and inflammation in his esophagus). He did not seem to have eosiphiligitis enough to diagnosis him with it. Dr. Mizell said that Hunter's lower esophageal sphincter (LES) was not closing all the way. The LES is the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach. With the LES open it was allowing food to come back up and was not keeping things in his tummy. Not good news but closer to pin pointing what was happening. The new plan would be this. Put Hunter on Reglan and try to get the LES to tighten back up and treat him with antacids. Do this for 7-10 days and see were that puts us. So that is the plan we went home with.
To continue with this story see the post Almost the end of Hunter's GI Nightmare.
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