UGI

We got good & bad news from the UGI series Justin had on Friday. Justin was officially diagnosed with reflux but the good news is that there are no serious issues with his stomach, intestines, or a hiatal hernia. Bad news is that we'll have to wait for him to outgrow this reflux.

I told Carl that after this procedure I am on strike from taking Justin to any more invasive procedures and/or tests. The first few x-rays they took weren't that bad but the second part of the test where they did the barium swallow study was tough on me. They strapped Justin into this contraption (I have no idea what it's called but it looked like a chicken rotisserie) with his hands above his head and of course he didn't like it one bit. He cried the entire time, which was about 15 minutes, even though I was holding his hands and talking to him. It took a while because of course, Justin wouldn't drink the barium. They kept having to rotate him to see if the little barium he did drink would work it's way through his system.