ES - Trevor's "hospitalization"

[Arabella de Montacute]

If your not interested in My son's health DELETE THIS!

Just so no one worries.

Trevor went in for a Endoscope and PH probe yesterday.  I appologize for 
missing the business meeting.

     An endoscope is a tube with a camera on the end, inserted under 
anesthesia, into your throat to view the esophoghus, stomach, and the 
first part of the small intestine.  trevor came through this just fine, 
no damage from stomach acids from reflux.  Yeah!
     Then they inserted a tube through the nose into the esophagus and 
taped it to his face.  this measures the acid in the esophagus due to 
reflux.  You run this test for 24 hours drinking only apple juice every 
4 hours and food for only 30 minutes four times - breakfast lunch dinner 
and snack at bed time.  I even had to wake him in hte middle of the 
night to make him drink his apple juice.  YUCK!! 
     Several times he showed numbers that would indicate reflux.  a PH 
level of 1 to 4 indicated that stomach acid is coming up into the 
throat.  he had those numbers several times, although I'm not a doctor, 
it may have meant nothing.  we'll get the results on Tuesday next week.  

     Having a tube taped to the face of a 4 year old is not condusive to 
going to a business meeting, sorry I missed it, and thank you for your 
understanding.  

     He got the tube taken out this morning and we promptly went to have 
ice cream for breakfast.  You sometimes have to bribe kids to keep them 
from being too fussy, besides ice cream for breakfast isn't all that 
bad.  My mother never did that for ME!!!! - love you guys will let you 
all know the results next week!!!  Thanks - arabella

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