Doctors

Michael is sick yet again. I knew something was bugging him but not sure what and since we were living on vacation I just took him in to get check out. His pediatrician said everything looked good but wanted to take an x-ray of his stomach just to check to see if he was constipated. We took the x-ray at 4:20pm. Ken and I even argued about if we really needed to do it on the way there. Any ways we took the x-ray and headed to grandmas house not thinking anything. So at 5:20 my phone rang and it was his doctor asking if we were still at Kaiser! I said no we were at dinner and then she hesitated and asked how long it would take us to get to the ER. She explained that it looked like he has a complete blockage and needed to be seen asap. So ken and I headed to the ER and Kaylee stayed with Grandma. (yes I left my 4 year old with a 93 year) When we got to the er they took us straight back and admitted him right away. We saw 3 doctors and they gave him magnesium citrate right away. He hated that and screamed. The did a few more test and said that since he is not in extreme pain that he had either a blockage or an ileus.  They wanted to give him an enema and see if that would get things moving with the Mag. Cit-rate. Well we waited for over an hour nothing happened. So they sent us home and told us to come back first thing. We back that morning still no poop so he was given a second enema and told to come back at 2pm to talk with his doctor. Still no poop by 2pm so his doctor did a rectal and scoop some poop out in hopes of getting things moving. She told me to give him am enema again at 4pm and give him 2 a day on top of Milk of Magnisha 6 times a day. 

So fast forward a day and here we are. He has pooped a small amount 3 times since then mostly water but still he is moving stuff out. We had an x-ray again this morning to see where we are at with what is still in him. He is scheduled to have biopsies done in his intestines and stomach late next week. I am not sure what to think. Helpless is an understatement at this point. I feel like no one is listening to me. This poor kid is going to hate me from holding him down all the time.

it is times like these that I think someone else would be able to help him more than I am able to do. Someone with money who could take him to any doctor they wanted. Money is always the problem. I am really hoping that this new GI doctor will help us. It is our 4th one at Kaiser and the last one at Santa Clara Kaiser after that we have to go to San Francisco Kaiser. Fingers crossed this guy will listen to me.