Acid Reflux?

Michael made it to school last Friday. He even made it to school yesterday. He didn't make it today, though. Enough is enough. I made a doctor appointment to get down to the bottom of this. They stuck giant cotton swabs down his throat to check for strep. They had him pee in a cup. They took 4 tubes of blood from his little bitty arm to test for allergies to wheat, gluten (hmm... sounds familiar) and several other things, Crohn's disease, and I can't remember them all. They took x-rays of his sinuses and ruled out an impacted sinus cavity. Dr. Holland gave him Flonase for his allergies. She said that was most likely what was causing the headaches. She told us to start him on Prilosec, put him on only bland foods, and no carbonated drinks. We also have to return next Tuesday at 7:30am for an abdominal sonogram and something called a KUB which is apparently an x-ray of his abdomen.

When he went to bed tonight, he said it felt like someone was stabbing him in his stomach. I gave him a Zantac because we can't start the Prilosec until tomorrow morning. It could still take up to 4 days for it to make any difference when he does start taking it.

Let's pray he can get up and go to school tomorrow!