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  • 4 years later...

Jodi - thanks for posting this. This may be in our line of things

to do to in the near future.

- H

>

> Max has had many of these. It's really not a big deal, but it

does

> involve general anesthesia.

>

> Liam will have to fast for several hours before it can be done. I

> think the " norm " is for 6 hours. Then, as a same day procedure,

you

> would take him to the day hospital where he would be hooked up to

an

> IV in prep for general anesthesia. When the time comes for the

> endo., he would be taken into the procedure room, put to sleep and

> then a very small camera on a very thin tube is inserted down his

> esophagus. The GI doc can then take pictures and even do a biopsy

> while he is asleep. The whole thing takes maybe 20 minutes???

> Well, the last one Max had was a bit longer because he had so many

> ulcers and irritation. They wanted to look around more. After it

> is over, he is brought back to you where he is awakened. You have

> to wait a certain amount of time for him to wake up and then eat

> before you can go home.

>

> Sometimes Max has complained of a sore throat afterwards, but not

> much else. He has not even been really tired from the

anesthesia.

>

> The really cool part is that our GI gives us copies of the pics he

> takes. I think it is so fascinating to look at them and study the

> effects of reflux and ulcers, etc., then to know that they can

treat

> him and make him better.

>

> To be honest, of all the tests that Max has done, this is the

> easiest. He gets to sleep through it and there is no pain.

> Everything else involves drinking yucky stuff, waiting forever,

and

> having him lie still for sometimes hours. I'm not trying to

> minimalize your anxiety because I understand it all too well, but

> please know that you can relax about this test. It is very

> informative and tells so much about what is going on inside.

>

> Jodi Z

>

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