CT Scan Results

Matthew wasn’t approved for a sedated CT scan, so my mom and I spent the morning praying Matthew would be compliant and sleep while getting the scan of his abdomen and head.  Thankfully, our prayers were answered.  Matthew drank his contrast filled pedialyte and promptly went to sleep. He woke up when we strapped him to the table, but only long enough to look at me, grab my finger and drift back off.  They got good scans of both his head and abdomen.

Granny playing w/Matthew while we wait

The baby footprints

After several hours of waiting…again, not my strong suit, our pediatrician called and there wasn’t anything of concern (or answer) on the abdominal CT.  The GI is reviewing and he’ll call us if he sees anything out of the ordinary but the initial report indicated nothing.  So as long as Matthew has regular urine output, we’ll continue to monitor and wait for the cardiologist appointment on Monday and reassess after that. 

Today, I saw the silver linings of 2 Matthew quirks.  

1.       I’ve always wondered why Matthew would only drink from a bottle with the nipple from the hospital.  We’ve gone round and round with our GI about changing bottle types.  We know that the one he uses puts more air in his belly and aggravates his reflux.  If Matthew would take ANY other bottle, we would gladly switch.  Unfortunately he won’t.  The upside of this battle… getting Matthew to take contrast or barium (for CT scans/xrays) is much easier given they use the only bottle type that Matthew will take. 

2.       As well, at 6 months, Matthew still loves to be swaddled. That came in handy today as we needed him to sleep AND we needed to strap him to the table. 

So, we continue to mark things off this list that are not causing his symptoms (enlarged spleen, poor appetite, unconsulable crying).  We are hoping to find the cause soon and (greedily) we hope it is easily fixable.  We are planning on a fun and restful weekend to recharge us for the busy next week ahead with cardiology, nephrology, cranialfacial (where we'll get the head CT results), OT, and ECI appointments.  Thank you for the continued prayers and positive thoughts!