Today has been a long day! We woke up at 4:30am and Caden was already awake. He was playing in my sister's old room, where he's sleeping. I guess he knew he needed to be up! We arrived at Cook's before 6am, like they said to do. We went to the back around 6:45am and they took him in the operating room for the endoscope and colonoscopy around 7:45am.
Caden did very well. I was worried about the anaesthesia since he has never had it before. The doctors and nurses did a great job. I was very impressed with Cook's Children. The hospital was beautiful. I told Collin that if anything was to ever happen to Caden, I'd want him to be taken care of at Cook's in FW, not in Germany. There is a HUGE difference in medical care and facilities. Caden has been to the children's ER in Germany, twice, and the surgery ER once. And of course I gave birth in Germany. Don't get me wrong, the Germans are in general very healthy people. There are also some wonderful doctors there. However, the facitilites are so much nicer in the States, at least in Texas. Also the waiting rooms are more comfortable and they have food. Where we are in Germany, there is either no food available for people waiting and not staying at the hospital, or it is very little and not very good. Cook's had a great selection of food, including a Chic-Fil-A! I mean, how awesome!! Also, the nurses were so nice. I loved how I could understand EVERYTHING they said. They were also very good with Caden. There were even toys to play with in the patient room and there were lots of books in the waiting room. The doctors, both the gastroenterologist who did the scopes and the anaesthesiologist were not from the US but their English was very clear. When someone explains things in your native language, especially medical things, that makes things so much easier. I felt like we were in good hands.
The great news is that Caden's esophagus and stomach look normal. The only concern is the doctor saw a number of lymph nodes which he said is not too uncommon in young children, but also could be a sign of allergies. We will know more once we get the results of the biopsy back. The bad news is, we still do not know why Caden is vomiting so much and the full cause of his anemia. Most likely it is food allergies. I will probably go back to keeping a food diary and writing down everytime he throws-up.
I hated that Caden had to go through this procedure. But as his parents, we felt this was the next best step to take given our situation. If he was not so anemic, we probably would have waited on this. We are just glad they didn't find something awful. Thank you all again for keeping us in your prayers. They were not able to check for mechanical issues because of the anesthesia. The best test for that would probably be the barium test, which is what they originally wanted to do first until they found out he was so anemic.
Here are a few more pictures from the hospital.
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| Waiting in the waiting room |
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| Granddad reading Caden the framed book on the wall |
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| He was a little worried before the procedure. |
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| We had some smiles and laughs before the procedure |
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