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Ds Survived Endoscopy!


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We just got home from ds's endoscopy. He did great! He charmed the nurses and was in a great mood. Afterwards he unleashed a great wrath of anger. The nurses said that is common due to fog of waking up not knowing where he was, and being STARVED!

The dr showed us some pics of his esophegus, stomach and entry way to small intestine. He noted some swelling. His gut instinct was that the swelling was caused by his allergies, not by celiac. The results should be in monday, so hopefully his instinct is correct.


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wow, fingers crossed for sure. how old is your little one?

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We just got home from ds's endoscopy. He did great! He charmed the nurses and was in a great mood. Afterwards he unleashed a great wrath of anger. The nurses said that is common due to fog of waking up not knowing where he was, and being STARVED!

The dr showed us some pics of his esophegus, stomach and entry way to small intestine. He noted some swelling. His gut instinct was that the swelling was caused by his allergies, not by celiac. The results should be in monday, so hopefully his instinct is correct.

He is 13 mos.

MammaW Newbie

I was wondering about that....the endoscopy thing. What is the thinking on scoping a little person like that? If the results are negative, does that mean you are "out of the woods" in terms of celiac as a diagnoses? So you might be able to introduce gluten at a later time in his life if you wanted to without worrying about intestinal damage? I think they actually do a biopsy- yes? Wow, I will really be interested in hearing how this turns out for your son. . . my son is 11 months and i am suspecting celiac, but I know the blood tests (which he had done today) are unreliable in little ones. What went in to your decision making as far as going with the endoscopy????

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