Hmm...

The true meaning of things that make you go hmm... Hunt man is still not himself. Saturday we were retching and throwing up again... and our bowels just do not seem right. Sounds like it is time for a call to GI. He is still crying so much more, I just wish we could figure out what the issue is. I feel so bad for him. You know it is bad when a trached little guy cries and you can hear the whimpering. We did an MRI last week just to make sure his shunt wasn't causing issues, and that checked out good. So, we are really thinking something GI related is going on.

Harrison is still being my little bully stink head. I really hope he gets past this... Hayden is even calling him a bully now.

Hayden is counting down the days until he is considered a Kindergartner. He is so excited. Last week he had a field trip to the new zoo in Green Bay, and I chaperoned. We had a great time.

Otherwise, things are good in the Woldt house. I will keep you posted on what the GI doc has to say.

God Bless

The Right Direction

Looks like we are heading in the right direction. So far so good with the rectal irrigation. We have not had anymore blood in our stool as of this time.

Hunter is going to have a quick scan MRI on Monday and a check with the Neurosurgeon. They want to make sure that his irritability is not shunt related. Even thought he is not showing signs of shunt failure, they want to count it out. It worked out well because Iskandar is going to be in Appleton on Monday so at least we don't have to take the long trip to Madison.

So, lets keep praying that things keep going in the right direction.

Hayden is doing well. I think he is ready for school to be done. He has started soccer, but is not sure if he likes it or not yet. I keep reminding dad that he is only 5. It is good exercise. We are going to start him in T-ball with his friend Raina. I think he will really like that! With all that, I think we are going to have to stop swimming lessons for the summer, otherwise we will be running Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Harrison is doing good. He had a rough night last night, and I am not sure why. We are working on some anger management issues with him. I keep saying this too will pass. I think he is mad at me when I pick him up at daycare. It can only get better right?

Otherwise, the big 9 years of wedded bliss is sneaking up on us next week. Can you believe that!! How crazy is that. We were going to go to a Brewer game but the schedule just didn't work for us, so maybe next month. That probably will work out better since we are going to be doing some remodeling, and they are planning to start the end of this month or the beginning of next.

Have a fabulous day! God Bless

The Plan

Well, it looks like 14 days of rectal irrigation's, or what I like to call butt flushing, and 14 days of our wonderful antibiotic friend flagil. In the scope of things, I can handle this. The GI doctor thinks Hunter just has irritation, his Xray looks good overall, but he does believe we need to get him on a better daily schedule, not sure how we are going to do that yet. If only little man would have read the book : )

We talked with the GI doc about the increased whimpering and crying that Hunter has been doing. He is wondering if he is refluxing more, and maybe we should try feeding him more during the day, and less or not at all at night. I'm not convinced this is the problem yet, because the whimpering and crying doesn't necessarily relate with feeding times, or right after feeding times.

He did suggest that I contact the neurosurgeon just to run it past him. Hunter is not displaying any signs of shunt failure, but then again he didn't read the book : ) I haven't heard back from Benny on what his thoughts are so we'll see, I am guessing he may just order an MRI to check things out.

Well, overall I can't complain. "Butt flushing" might just become part of our normal life and that is just OK.

The other two little guys are good. Have a fabulous day. God Bless

Still Waiting.....

Well, we are still waiting for answers. Just have to love that! I called GI in Madison last night and he hasn't looked at Hunter's lab results or xray yet. I guess, it is on the list for this morning. So, I will have to followup again this morning. Needless to say, I am getting a little aggravated. Have to love the hurry up and wait : )

Otherwise, uneventful here. We will keep you posted. God Bless

Spoke too soon??

Well, yesterday Hunter had blood in his stool again. We called the doctor and had an Xray and blood work done. The Xray was inconclusive, imagine that, and his blood work was elevated. After, finally at 6:00 pm being today to either see the doctor in the morning, go to the local ER or drive to Madison, I decided to call the GI doctor on call in Madison. We talked about things and decided to start our rectal irrigation's and go back on the flagil antibiotic. We sent the lab results and Xray results to Madison and are waiting a call from the GI doctor. So, we still have no idea if we are heading to Madison or what.

Mom's feeling is there is something going on we just have not put our finger on yet. Please keep Mr. Hunter in your thoughts and prayers.

Otherwise, pretty uneventful. I will keep everyone posted.

God Bless