PH Probe

I had to post some other pics first.

We were working on the backyard and Brandy + her kids came over to "help."
The boys and their shovels.

11:30 One Night last week. I had already been up w/ Taegan and he cried again and I took my time getting to him. He had accidentally closed the door and the AC was on and he couldn't open it so he was throwing up in the dark. I felt guilty after for not rushing to him when I heard him crying. He cries a lot at night and most of the time I don't know why. I shouldn't have carpet in his room.

PH Probe
Don't let the pics fool you. It wasn't all fun and games. I was glad Chris was home because I felt sick watching this being done in the hospital.

These adult wrist braces were the best they could do. We went to Wal-mart and bought different ones that worked better.

We were told if he puked it might move the tube out of position so the test would be over and we needed to tube in for 24 hrs. That was a big concern to us since he pukes and gags easily. He didn't eat a lot that day and pretty much only ate liquides. He refused most of his bottles. We tried really soft textures and the first bite he almost threw up. He had extra popsicles that day.

By the afternoon he was so sick of the arm braces being on we told him if we took them off he couldn't touch his nose. I was shocked at how well he did. He knew he didn't want those back on. We heard "nose" all day long. He was so good he didn't even attempt to itch it himself and he let us do it.

The worst part of this was when Taegan would try to sleep. He tosses and turns a lot so I watched him during his nap and had to continually move the computer and chord. When it was time for bed that night I decided to put it in w/ his zip up PJs and that worked so much better. We didn't have to worry about the chord getting wrapped and pulled out but he was up every 10 minutes crying because he was tossing and turning and we put the arm braces back on because we didn't trust him in his sleep so no one got much sleep.

We pulled it out ourselves at home and were told it hurt coming out. That was nothing compared to the dang tape. He had quite a bit of tape on his body, all down his back, neck, face. He bled in some parts and screamed a lot.

I'm SO glad this test is over with. I haven't heard from Denver but his Pediatrician said that he doesn't have any reflux so we are now 100% it is EE. We were 99% before but this was one last test to rule out other factors. Hopefully I can take him off of his acid medication he had been on for 1 1/2 yrs.