Monday, April 20, 2009

Endoscopies for Tanner and Kaleigh

Tanner and Kaleigh both had upper scopes today. Everything looked great visually (which in itself it huge as they've always had furrowing, rings, inflammation and/or exudate for all their previous scopes.) We have to wait for a couple days to get the official results after the biopsies are read.

They both came out of the general anesthesia quickly and calmly. The anesthesiologist routinely give zofran (for nausea) now. After the kids' first scopes when they vomited afterwards...in the car and at the house...a LOT...the rest of the day, and just overall felt horrible. What a difference the zofran makes. We left the hospital about 30 minutes after they woke up. They were a little groggy, but by the time we got home 45 minutes later, they seemed almost completely back to normal.

We took it easy today...played monopoly, jenga, and computer games as well as watched a movie. By the evening, they were both complaining of pain from where the biopsies were taken, and both were in tears at one point. They usually don't seem to have a lot of pain...just a minor sore throat, but this time, they have distinct spots that are bothering them.

They took a little ibuprofen, ate some ice cream, (coconut milk-based), and are now sleeping. Hopefully, tomorrow they'll feel a little better.

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