GI Update

Job is feeling much better! He has some of his energy back and most of his joy as well.

We had a good gastroenterology appointment today and came up with a game plan for the next six weeks. Job is going back on the digestive meds we weaned off of back in September: erythromycin and omeprazole.

More labs were ordered and I'm psyching myself up to taking Job in for the necessary bloodwork tomorrow.

And then, after sitting so still and quiet in the office, we went to Cabella's to look at the taxidermy animals. Job delighted his brothers and I by looking so cute in this coonskin cap and exasperated us by pointing and calling every animal a "'at" (cat, the word he uses to categorize animals, and one of only two or three words he can say).

ER Visit

Job has been throwing up this week. While we believe it's only a virus, we were concerned about the duration as well as dehydration and weight loss, so we brought him to the ER today. Our first ER visit of 2017!



Until he provides a stool sample, tests can't determine what (or if a) bacteria/virus is the root cause.

He is being prescribed a week on reglan to help him keep food and drink down and we will be following up with gastroenterology and cardiology later this week.

It's hard to see the great toll a common illness wrecks on his compromised body.