One test down.............

Evan had his upper GI this a.m. Poor little guy was so nervous even though I assured him it wouldn't hurt and that he'd had a couple before. I was honest though and told him that the barium would probably not taste very good but other than that, it was a very quick and painless procedure. I have to say that I was very impressed with my employer today because his appt. was at 9:30 at a off site location and we were back in the car at 9:50. Anyhow, Evan thought it was all very cool because he was able to see his esophagus and stomach on the video monitor right next to the xray table and while he didn't like the taste of the barium, the tech put Nesquick in it so he said it wasn't too bad. The radiologist doing the procedure said that he really didn't see anything out of the ordinary for a TEF/EA kid-his esophagus is narrow at the surgery site (we know that) and that he has little to no motility in his lower esophagus (we know that too). Anyhow, there were no glaring issues such as extreme closure or stricture at the surgery site. So, good news. Bad in that we still don't have any answers to the whole eating (or should I say not eating) issue. I just want to pull my hair out and bang my head against a wall. He's going to PA with Mike tomorrow until Sunday. I'm hoping that Mike will get a feel of the stress and frustration that I'm feeling because he sure doesn't act as though it concerns him too much. That's a whole other story for another day.