Another Shot at Blogging

Here I go again..promising to Blog...

Today, we got to go to Children's hospital for Gibson to be tested for an inability to digest fructose. We had to be at Children's hospital at 8:15. Fortunately, I convinced my cousin to go with me. So Lauren showed up at my house at 7:25....just as my alarm clock was going off. Evidently, I forgot to move it back... So, I quickly jumped in the shower while she put on Gibson's clothes. It has turned cold so we had to find something warmer for him to wear (other than shorts).

We arrived at children's about 8:30 and signed in to the outpatient registration...waited until 9:00 for us to be called back. We go right back to the GI lab where Gibson quickly breathed into the mask for an initial register. He then gulped down the fructose mixture. We then started the waiting game...we first waited for 15 minutes and then he had to repeat the breathing into the mask. He did a great job the first time. He immediately started acting funny after we left the lab...he was whiny, falling, acting hyper, etc. I knew that this was not good...we continued the process every 30 minutes for the next 3 hours.

We found out that the hydrogen levels in his blood did change while the tests were run. While the nurse could not tell me the outcome...she did mention that the levels started out with the baseline of 1, then jumped to 2, then to 52. Evidently when he was doing the lactose test, it jumped from 1, 2 and then to 14. Evidently, the doctors look for a 10 point differential so I am not sure what this means for the lactose....however, clearly, he has a problem with fructose...it doesn't take a nurse or a doctor to tell me that!

Afterwards, we met aunt Tammie for lunch at my new favorite restaurant, Chuy's and then went directly to mom's to pick up LeLe. She had fallen asleep in mom's car on the way home from Tuscaloosa. She went with Mother today to Anne Reaves school. Evidently, she had a great time...and hugged on Anne Reaves the entire lunch.