Andrew Update

We have now had 48 straight hours painfree!! I'm going to cancel the doctor's appointment right after Christmas!

For those of you who don't know, I thought I would catch everyone up on how exciting our lives have been this last week.

Last Saturday night, Andrew woke up with a stomach ache that lasted until Monday when we took him to the doctor. Doctor's solution was to give him laxatives. Still not better by Thursday, so back to the doctor we went. He sent us to a lab for x-ray (came back normal-no blockage) and then blood work (again, came back normal, including two tests that just came back today). Pain was so bad on Friday night that I took him to the ER just so I could do something to try to help. BIG waste of time. Still had a little boy writhing in pain each night on the floor. Went to Cooks Children's Hospital on Monday for an ultrasound (all normal).

Next step is a trip to a gastoenterologist. But on the bright side, he seems to be improving. Yesterday he ate lunch and played outside and we were doing better today until about 1 hour ago when he laid back down on the couch saying his stomachache was back again. (oh, he did wake up last night at about 2:30 with pain and after rocking him in the living room for a while I heard his tummy growl. So he ate a granola bar and seemed to be better. I guess if you don't eat for a week, you get a bit hungry.) A nurse told me at Cooks on Monday that there is a virus going around that seems to do this to some kids. I'm hanging on the that. I'm still going to schedule the next doctor visit and if he gets better, then we can always cancel it. I'm just really tired of worrying about him.

Thanks for everyone's prayers. I'll keep you posted.

My week in one word...

AAUUUGGGHHHH!! Thank you. I feel much better now.