Tracie!!

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Sorry if this posts twice! This darn mail!!

Hi Tracie!!

This just posted in my mail yesterday! I sure have problems with my

miralax mail sometimes! Thank you so much for the response!! We was

informed some on what is involved with the sensor tests(not pleasant

and avoiding) this is the one we would have to travel to california.

This would be closer, we live in Nevada(area 51 area, giggles)!

Sedating, it is crazy to think they let our little ones go through

some of these things awake(they tend to have the attitude they

forget, that is crud)!! I was caught off gaurd with my sons last

hospital visit(sudden obstruction fear) and you wouldnt believe what

they put him through... I wanted to grab them and say what the heck

are you doing to my son! I learnt my lesson from that day and well

insist on sedation or at the very least " happy juice " , he has used

this one befor! Do you mind me asking how the results was as far as

intestinal contractions/motility/nerves? Thank you so much. I had not

come accross anyone until now that had experience with this test!! I

soooooooo dread it and that test is after a weeks hospital admission

for other tests! I have gotten to wear I just hate hospitals, I cant

stand to see my son go through all of it, but at the same time, I

know we have too! Jennie<><

Carl and Tracie Happel wrote:

Jennie -

Our so went through the " sensors " testing at Children's in Milwaukee

(if you are close to there, it might be cheaper than CA). They have a

WONDERFUL ped g.i. dept...Anyway, the test was not too bad for anyone

involved because I INSISTED that they sedate my son. They weren't

going to and if they hadn't, I doubt we would've gotten anywhere with

it. The placement of the sensors is terribly invasive (sorry if it

scares you, but you need to know). I know how my son reacts with

enemas and/or suppositories so I knew there would be no way they'd

rectally insert 5-7 sensors with him being awake. Once they were

placed and our son was a little more with it, it was all good. He

thought it was pretty darn cool to see what is insides were doing on

the computer. Since he was out, I also requested ANY kind of testing

to be done, so a biopsy was done and some others (don't remember

right now). The rubber band thing is a 3-day test, so they might have

your son swallow them while there (just mix them with juice or

something), but the x-ray would have to come three days later. We got

a lot of answers with the tests they did and while I freaked out

about it before it happened, I'm really glad we did it.

~ Tracie

P.S. I have to share this for laughs...the worst part of the test was

the tape to hold the sensors in...at the end of the procedure, some

nurse used the clear, surgical tape to keep the tubes in. She was NOT

thinking however when she placed the tape...she taped his scrotum to

his penis...when he woke up and tried to move, he screamed in pain.

It startled everyone present...we quickly investigated and found the

problem. His room nurse (male, FRESH out of nursing school) squealed

in pain and refused to remove the tape. Thank God for strong moms

like us...being the Momma Bear that I am, I quickly gave the nurse a

death-look, ran to my son and ripped the tape off. While not pretty,

it was a lot better than everything being taped together!!!

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