Our Poor Baby

Yesterday, Austin and I took Ryker to Cardon Children's Hospital.
He was being tested for Pyloric Stenosis.
Ryker has been having major projectile vomiting at every meal. He does not only spit up once during a feeding, [like most babies do] but will spit up about six times.
This is no fun for our little guy.
So we were sent to get an ultrasound on his little tummy see if he displayed this uncommon condition.
Poor Ryker had to fast for three hours prior to the ultrasound. Seeing that he eats every three hours, he was one unhappy boy when it came time to have the procedure done.
In addition, he was given some nasty clear liquid to drink during the ultrasound. This allowed the doctor to see his little tummy work in action.
Because he was so hungry, he drank about an ounce and then would not drink anymore.
To our surprise, he became a happy boy once more... on an empty tummy!
Our little guy knows no pain!

Daddy walking around the waiting room trying to calm Ryker down. The hunger got to our poor guy.

 This is what Ryker looked like in Daddy's arms. He is always so content there.

As you can see, due to the blurriness of this picture, Ryker was kicking like a mad-man during the ultrasound! 

 His drink...yumm! 

He became a happy boy once he knew he didn't have to drink that yucky stuff anymore!

Mommy and Ryker.

Just look at Ryker loving his Daddy! Austin is so great with our son!

So to ease on all of your suspense, Ryker does not have Pyloric Stenosis.

His blood tests and ultrasound all came back negative; meaning no surgery for him!

We could not be more excited!!!

When I spoke to Ryker's pediatrician afterwards, he told me that Ryker is just a boy who
likes to spit...Yay. :]

Last Night...

For the past two days, Austin has been having major shooting pain in his right knee.

This is new and different pain than before.

So we decided it would be best to go to an urgent care so he could get in to see a doctor
as soon as possible.

To make a long story short, the doctor sent my poor husband here right away for a blood clot:

After many, many hours in the ER, the results finally came in.

He had no blood clot.

His pain, swelling, bruising, and scarring were all results of a bad vein surgeon the week before.

We could have told them that!

All we can say is thank goodness that it wasn't a blood clot!

We are so grateful that everything is OK, and hope that his leg gets better soon.

Post Surgery

I don't even know where to begin.

There were some major difficulties immediately following the two procedures.

AND the night after the procedures...

WHICH left Austin in some major pain...

[I will spare you the gory details.]

BUT today he is finally starting to feel better!

Round two with the left leg will definitely be done by a different doctor.

Our Day Today

As some of you may know, I am currently taking an online class to finish my last prerequisite for 

Dental Hygiene.

So, this is the fun that I get to experience at home each week.

Oh yes, it can get messy at times...

And I might break a test tube or two...

But it is always worth it in the end when I get to play with these pretty colors.

In other news...

My husband is having surgery today at 1:30 pm.

It is an Endovenous Laser Ablation and Ambulatory Stab Phlebectomy to be exact.

[Try to figure that one out :)]

Please wish him luck!