Last Day

Today was our last day here in Cincinnati! We started the day with his colon x-ray, then we had an appointment with our colo-rectal center doctor. Those appointments went very well. We have found the right medicine regimen to clean Beckett's colon out on a daily basis for now. It may change as he grows, eats more food, etc., but they will be here to assist us all along the way. We are so thankful we came and feel like we accomplished a lot this week. Our baby is now having regular bowel movements (hopefully this will prevent c.diff from returning) and he is eating some pureed food. Yay! These are very big accomplishments for us! We have also been given the okay to let him sleep through the night! Whoo-Hoo! These are definitely milestones for us to celebrate. We continue to wait for results of some of the other testing we had done. Please continue to pray as the waiting can be one of the hardest parts!

After his appointment, it was MRI time. Beckett had to fast from 5:30 am until 3:00 pm when the procedure finally started. He finally got to have more formula at 5:00 pm! That is a long time for a little guy not to eat! He did very well with it. The MRI today went very smoothly. They took images of his brain and his lumbar spine. We do not have results of the scans yet. Oh, but I did forget to mention earlier this week that his colon biopsy was negative for Hirschsprung's Disease. We were not expecting for that test to come back positive, so it was not much of a surprise. According to the pathologists is colon is normal. For some unknown reason, it just doesn't want to move very quickly.

Beckett had a very nice nap in recovery. He was so comfy and cozy that he didn't want to get up! He just wanted to sleep! I think the week has worn out the little man...and rightfully so!

Here is a picture of him sleeping with the big fuzzy puppy dog that his kind nurse gave to him. It seemed to make his day!

We are so thankful for the progress we have made this week in his health care and are now very anxious to get home! We are ready for our family to be back together again and enjoy the rest of the holiday season. Thank you so much for your continued prayers for our little boy and our family this week. We are very grateful!

Love,

Kaylan