While I was waiting for our appointment at Primary Children's I wondered if we could get an earlier appointment in Boise at St. Luke's Children's Hospital. I called the pediatrician back and asked him to refer us to St. Luke's. We got an appointment 2 weeks later! I was a little nervous because I have never driven to Boise before, and I had no idea where anything was.
The doctor was not planning on doing the scope, but after talking to Sara he decided it would be a good thing to do. Luckily for us he was able to fit us in that afternoon.
The pictures from the scope looked normal, but we would have to wait 5-7 days for results to come back from the blood work and biopsies. Turns out there was some damage in her esophagus either from acid reflux or an allergy, but all tests done for celiac disease came back negative. The tests for food allergies all came back negative, so we are pretty sure we are dealing with severe acid reflux. The doctor called in a prescription and Sara has been taking it for a couple of weeks now. It will take about a month to see any results and we are driving back to Boise in May for a follow up.
I am so happy that nothing is seriously wrong, and that we finally have some answers! All the doctors and nurses at St. Luke's were amazing and I will happily drive to Boise again.
3 comments:
Glad to hear this.
Joci was born at St. Luke's and we were very impressed with the hospital staff.
That is great news!
so glad nothing is seriously wrong!
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