More Tests on Carter

Carter had some tests done that they put him to sleep for. His doctor looked down his throat, esophagus, stomach, and intestines and did biopsies. Carter also had an MRI and a PH probe put in. Carter woke up really mad and didn’t calm down until after his nap. He also had some drainage coming out of his ear. I asked the anesthesiologist to look at it and let me know if Carter had an ear infection. He said the Carter did have an infection and we would have to take him to his pediatrician. On the way home I called Carter’s doctor and had to throw a fit to have him seen in a timely manner. When the doctor did see him she said that he did not have an infection and it was just wax. I was pretty annoyed.

Carter’s PH probe went down his nose and into his stomach to test the acid levels. It was taped to his face and onto his back. He had to wear arm restrains to he wouldn’t pull it out when we weren’t right by him, like sleeping and riding in the car. The probe connected to a little computer that one of us had to wear and stay right by Carter while he was awake. Carter also had to have three meals, exactly four hours apart, lasting only 30 minutes. He couldn’t have anything to eat or drink between meals. As you can image, it was kind of a tough day.

We did get all of Carter’s test results back and everything came back normal. His pediatric GI said that if everything came back normal, there is nothing wrong with Carter and that he is just a small child. We already went to an endocrinologist, geneticist, and an ENT. We are out of specialists, so I guess this means he has a clean bill of heath.