WE SURVIVIED OUT FIRST NIGHT AT CHILDREN'S!

WELL, I THINK THE HARDEST PART IS ALMOST OVER. AUSTIN HAS HAD A PROBE DOWN HIS NOSE SINCE 10:00 YESTERDAY MORNING TO MEASURE THE ACID IN HIS STOMACH. THIS TEST WILL TELL THEM ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT HIS REFLUX EPISODES, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS. HE DID NOT LIKE IT WHEN THEY PUT IT DOWN, BUT WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD? I THINK THAT HE HAS DONE SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. HE ONLY PULLED IT OUT JUST ALITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT WHEN HE GOT UPSET. HE HAD TO STAY ON A 4 HOUR EATING SCHEDULE TOO WITH NOTHING IN BETWEEN MEALS, WHICH WAS HARD BECAUSE THEY USUALLY JUST PICK AND SIP THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE MANAGED TO ENTERTAIN HIM AND KEEP HIS MIND OFF OF EATING AND IT'S ALMOST ALL OVER WITH! MI MI HAS BEEN HERE TAKING CARE OF HIM AND SPOILING HIM WITH WAGON RIDES AND TOYS, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE HERE!

HE WILL HAVE HIS ULTRASOUND AND ENDOSCOPY TODAY. HE WILL HAVE TO BE PUT TO SLEEP AND INTUBATED FOR HIS ENDOSCOPY, BUT ONLY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THAT IS THE SCARIEST PART FOR ME AND DADDY! SO PLEASE PRAY FOR AUSTIN AND ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF HIM TODAY! I KNOW HE IS IN GOOD AND HANDS AND I KNOW THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF MY SWEET BOY! THEY WILL ALSO BIOPSY PART OF HIS ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH WHILE THEY ARE SCOPING HIM. I DON'T THINK WE WILL KNOW TOO MUCH TODAY ABOUT THE TEST, BUT I WILL BE SURE TO UPDATE YOU ALL SOON! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHILDREN'S STAFF FOR TAKING CARE OF MY SWEET BOY WHILE WE ARE HERE!