Last night....

Well, I said I would post as to why my wee, little Landen is sleeping....let's just say, last night was "eventful"! The short version...he has had these weird, seemingly very painful stomach "episodes". He has no other symptoms and is fine in between these times. The night before last he was woken up by it. He screams and seems to be unable to get comfortable and then it just seems to stop. I took him to the Dr. yesterday afternoon and she checked him and said she couldn't see/feel anything and having no other "symptoms" was a good sign. We scheduled another appt. to follow up on Wednesday, but she said if he gets worse or frequency increases to take him in. Well...poor little man...last night within a span of 2 hours, he woke up twice! The second time, Mark and I decided enough was enough and I would take him in....it was 1am!

The whole medical thing is soooooooooooo different here, with Nationalized Health Care and all. It was really weird not needing to call ahead to the hospital or get a referral or remember to bring the right ID/cards with you. We called the hospital (out of habit) and they said "no worries, I'll connect you and there will be a Dr. waiting to see him when you arrive". So, he was checked out and the Dr was a bit puzzled...he too said having no fever was a "good thing", but they were not sure what is was. They gave him meds for the pain and said to keep my follow up appt with the Dr I saw, but, again, if it got worse to bring him in. It's the kind of thing, you think if you could get hime there WHEN he was having one of these "attacks", they may have a better idea of what it may be. I was concerned about appendecitis, but they said he is real young for that and there is always a fever with that and he has none..... We were back home in a couple of hours...much more efficient than I am used to....


So, needless to say, we are a bit tired this morning (he is still sleeping) and he may need some follow up testing...Please keep him in your prayers and I will keep you all posted. Thanks and God Bless!