I should probably title the post, "It's been a while for both being in the hospital and posting on the blog, in general!" Yikes. I know that I am terrible at posting, and I promise that I think about it all the time. But, thinking and doing are two very different things. Awesome.
Anyway, back to the point of this post. If you guessed from the title of this post, yes, Beckham is in the hospital. It has been a year and a half since his last hospital visit (woo hoo) and we've been thrilled to be away. But I guess that, for some reason, we were due for a visit. Either that, or Beck was just craving hospital food (gag). So to explain everything about this visit, I'll have to go back a few weeks.
Beck was potty trained just over a month ago (I know, it's a miracle!), and since then, he's had non-stop diarrhea. At first, I figured it was because he had a big med change, but after adjusting his dose twice over the past month, we knew that wasn't the case. And last night, his diarrhea escalated to vomiting.....which is never a good sign for Beckham. So, at that point, I knew that the hospital was calling our names and Beck and I headed over and left our Gwen and Blythe with our awesome neighbors. Luckily and thankfully, Nate was already working at the ER and was able to be with us the entire time.
And the results? Well....we're not quite sure. It was determined last night in the ER after an x-ray, that Beck had a bowel obstruction. But after the pediatric surgical team and the radiology team reviewed it, they were not so sure. Most of his tests for a virus were negative or are still pending, but I'm pretty sure they will be negative. And most of his general labs were great, though his hemoglobin was the slightest bit low a 10.2. Another thought is that there is something wrong with his liver; a ultrasound is planned to check all over his liver. And the last thought (which I am praying so hard that it's not) is that his Evans Syndrome might be acting up. On the upside, though, his beautiful angel heart looks awesome. So, basically, we're just waiting for results. But in the meantime, Beck is pooping, puking, losing weight, passing huge amounts of gas (nice), and (this is super gross) all the gas is pushing both out of his back side and coming out of his mouth. Seriously. Every time he burps, it smells like the most foul fart. He literally cleared the ER room last night with his burp. Nasty! I bet you're super glad I shared that! This is a totally weird thing, and that is another reason they are not sure what is wrong with him.
So, if you could, say a little prayer for my little guy tonight. Even though he's being spoiled rotten and being waited on hand and foot here in the hospital, we'd all rather be home (him included). Plus, he's way too cute to be in the hospital, don't you think?
-Kim
