Endoscopy

Endoscopy

I have the greatest friends a girl could ask for. Yesterday, August 19th- Brayden was scheduled for his endoscopy and colonoscopy. August 19th also happened to be Jon's orientation at Penn State AND my parents last day of vacation. My girl Kathryn (I can now say this) pregnant and having a rough 1st trimester agreed to come along with me as my support and her husband Blair watched Ruthie along with Ava from 9:30-4:00!! I am sooo blessed and just wanted to start with a big thank you to Kathryn and Blair for being there for me yesterday- I couldn't have gotten through the day without you

Brayden's Endoscopy- the trip down to Danville was quite fun. I reminded myself of my dad, trying to go through red lights and getting lost with the hospital in sight. We had to arrive an hour before the procedure and of course, Danville hosptial is 10x's bigger then Mount Nittany and I forgot the one little piece of paper with directions on where to go once arriving. Whoops! So- we took the long way to finally find the Endoscopy Room in the hospital. We checked in, ate our lunch (quickly) and sat! Sat for an hour. I'm not quite sure why we had to arrive a whole hour before a procedure- but, we did. At 1:00pm the nurse came and got us and we went back into the exam room. Brayden weighed 14 lbs 6 oz (a whole pound from his 6 month appointment). He got his little ankle bracelet and we moved into the procedure room. There, Dr. Babonis met us and after some questions, decided to only do the endoscopy (the blood in his stool has disappeared since I quit nursing- aka... I'm not bleeding and he's not taking in blood) (doctor still is convinced I could not have been bleeding enough to cause him to have blood in his stool) Anyway, he said the procedure takes about 10 minutes and during the procedure he'd take a few biopsies and once finished, I could come in right away and feed him (he hadn't had anything to eat/drink since 6:30 am) Kathryn and I left the procedure room and went to sit down. I jumped up and went and made his bottle so I could have it ready for him. When I sat back down, the nurse walked out to say we could go in- that Brayden was finished. :) Brayden did great. I quickly had him in my arms and was feeding him his bottle. The doctor was there and told us that everything looked great and he'd let us know how the biopsies come back. Also- I need to make an appointment for Brayden to have a GI Series to test his reflux. So- that's where we are! I'm so relieved to have this over and done with. Thank you all for your prayers. 

(Kathryn & Blair w/ Brayden)

(Brayden was days old in the picture)