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difficult child 1 in a Crohn's flare
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 301063" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Heather, I kinda was wondering about that as a possible diagnosis for you in the back of my mind. The fact that they didn't get into your small bowel makes me wonder if it was because they just couldn't reach, or was the IC valve too tight for some reason? Have they done a small bowel follow-through exam? That's the one where you drink the yummy (NOT) barium shake and then they take xrays every so often until it passes through to your colon. That's how difficult child 1's Crohn's was confirmed and they found his stricture at the end of his terminal ileum.</p><p> </p><p>I checked his belly tonight and he is somewhat bloated (which isn't hard to see on the skinny kid!), and he's tender down low and to the right where his stricture was before. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> We know the scar tissue is still there, but the inflammation had subsided and the intestine had opened up to almost normal caliber when he was scoped a year ago April.</p><p> </p><p>I'm thinking, though, that the movie popcorn he indulged in the day he came home from Crohn's camp irritated things, caused some constipation, and then he came down with a virus a week later and so his immune system was under assault and so we now have this mini flare going on. It's just too complex and unfair. </p><p> </p><p>That seems to be our life, though, especially over the last four years. First it was difficult child 1's Crohn's diagnosis, then difficult child 2's movement disorder and resulting bipolar emergence, then husband's seizures and surgery... I WANT OFF THIS RIDE!!!</p><p> </p><p>I hope you get some answers soon, too.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 301063, member: 3444"] Heather, I kinda was wondering about that as a possible diagnosis for you in the back of my mind. The fact that they didn't get into your small bowel makes me wonder if it was because they just couldn't reach, or was the IC valve too tight for some reason? Have they done a small bowel follow-through exam? That's the one where you drink the yummy (NOT) barium shake and then they take xrays every so often until it passes through to your colon. That's how difficult child 1's Crohn's was confirmed and they found his stricture at the end of his terminal ileum. I checked his belly tonight and he is somewhat bloated (which isn't hard to see on the skinny kid!), and he's tender down low and to the right where his stricture was before. :( We know the scar tissue is still there, but the inflammation had subsided and the intestine had opened up to almost normal caliber when he was scoped a year ago April. I'm thinking, though, that the movie popcorn he indulged in the day he came home from Crohn's camp irritated things, caused some constipation, and then he came down with a virus a week later and so his immune system was under assault and so we now have this mini flare going on. It's just too complex and unfair. That seems to be our life, though, especially over the last four years. First it was difficult child 1's Crohn's diagnosis, then difficult child 2's movement disorder and resulting bipolar emergence, then husband's seizures and surgery... I WANT OFF THIS RIDE!!! I hope you get some answers soon, too. Thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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