Abby was diagnosed with Celiac Disease when she was 10. The plan was to do a repeat endoscopy in one year, but at that year mark her lab work looked so much better so they decided to wait one more year. Then Covid hit and they weren't doing any non essential procedures so we were through another year. She hasn't been having problems and overall is really healthy but her GI doctor didn't want to delay the inevitable any longer, they needed to do a repeat scope on her. She had an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. We opted to go have it done at Boys Town Hospital in Omaha. Abby wasn't thrilled about doing this but she knew that it was a necessary evil and something that she would need to repeat throughout her life. Last time the IV was a little traumatic because it took them multiple tries to get it, that was the part she was most worried about.
At Boys Town they typically give all their teen patients a little Valium before they start the IV. She was all loopy and slurring her words as she was telling me that this medicine wasn't working at all. It was pretty entertaining.
I think they got the IV before she even realized what was going on. All of the staff was great and really sweet to her. She was only in the procedure for about 30 min and then Rose the Nurse Practitioner came to talk to us. They said everything looked really healthy and the small intestine had repaired itself and they didn't find any concerns during the flex sig. They were really proud of how well she has done with her gluten free diet and she now only has to go back on a yearly basis to check in with them. Abby was excited because they had fun gluten free snack bars that she could have afterwards. She now has the afternoon to sleep it off because she has dress rehearsal for dance tonight.
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