Lynn had to go get an endoscopy yesterday because he has a disease called eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) which causes him to get food stuck in his food pipe. This can be really dangerous if it were to get stuck bad enough to tear the esophagus. So, Lynn consensted to my insistance that he get it taken care of. When we were checking in I asked the lady if this was the same place that they did the colonoscopy's. She answered yes but assured me that they were really careful to work on the right end! I thought that was really nice to know and would recommend coming to Utah Valley Hospital if you ever need an endoscopy and don't want to take a chance of getting a colonoscopy.
The Dr. said they were able to stretch 2 out of the 3 rings (or areas) of the esophageous to almost normal but the upper area they couldn't get it stretched as much as they wanted so they want to do the procedure again in a couple of months. They have him on acid reflux medicine along with an asthma medicine that he swallows instead of breathing it into his lungs.
Ironically enough Lynn's first cousin (Jeff's) son has just been diagnosed with this same problem.
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Wow that's really interesting. Garrett had to be put on acid reflux medicine also. He hasn't complained about it for a while so it seems to be working so far. Did they say it is hereditary?
Spike and Lynn should start an EE club!
I went in for an endoscopy this year, too. The RN handed me a gown and told me to strip from the waist down. I refused. She apologized when she looked at the chart. Of course, that was AF Hospital. Now I'm wondering if they used the right tube.
thanks for the update. i would not have known that he was having trouble again if you wouldn't have blogged. thanks
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