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jo14 Newbie
jo14
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Hi

Im new here, and my 4 year old son has to have a biopsy on Thursday, (im from the UK so I dont know if its done different in the US) but he has to have a general anasthetic, he has had a lot of blood tests and they showed very low imunoglobulin A and he is very anemic. he has had problems since being a few months old, but no one ever took us seriouly, he has a lot of tummy pain, loose stools and when he was younger vomiting (although he does not vomit much now) he is very small in the 5th% but was 9lbs 5oz when he was born!! Plus lots of other symptoms such as mouth ulcers and burning tongue, itchy skin rashes on the backs of his legs and tirdeness

I know I have to have the test to confirm or rule this out, but I am dreading taking him for it, he will go home the same day, and as long as he does not catch a cold or cough before thursday we have to be at the childrens hospital for 8am. I know some of you here will have children that have had this done, I just feel so bad :( :(

JoanneXX

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nikki-uk Enthusiast
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Hi Joanne and welcome!!

I'm in the UK too and my son was diagnosed with celiac disease by biopsy a couple of weeks ago (my hubby is also a coeliac)

I really was very anxious about the whole process (especially as my son has a heart condition)

In fact,- I found the hospital to be excellent at allaying my fears. They were very professional and took great care of him.

In fact they are only under the anaesthetic for about 20 mins (the rest of the time is recovery)

My son came back bright and breezy and starving hungry, none the worse for the experience!! :D (I think it was harder on me than him!)

As a Mum I'm not going to tell you not to worry ('cos you'll do that anyway!) but it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. :)

Fingers crossed for you and your little guy - let us know how it goes.

(BTW, what hospital is he under?)

All the best :)

emja73 Newbie
emja73
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My dd is having her biopsy tomorrow... I"m also a nervous wreck :( she's 3 and basically asymptomatic, other than constipation... ugh... can we just fast forward to friday?

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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My dd is having her biopsy tomorrow... I"m also a nervous wreck :( she's 3 and basically asymptomatic, other than constipation... ugh... can we just fast forward to friday?

...I know what you mean!!. I just wanted the whole thing to be over with!

I'm sure it'll be fine though

Good luck!! :)

jo14 Newbie
jo14
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Hi

we will be going to booth hall childrens hospital in Manchester, I am a nervous wreck and have been sat at my desk most of the afternoon (since I got the phone call) trying my hardest not to cry LOL LOL in front of everyone

nikki-uk Enthusiast
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Hi

we will be going to booth hall childrens hospital in Manchester, I am a nervous wreck and have been sat at my desk most of the afternoon (since I got the phone call) trying my hardest not to cry LOL LOL in front of everyone

Awww - sweetheart!! I have PM'd you (personal message,click on New Messages in top right hand corner)

jo14 Newbie
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Hi Nikki

It says Ihave no new messages at the minute, i will keep checking back incase it takes a few minutes to come through

thanks

JoanneX

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