Our first doctor appointment

Lila had her first appointment today with the pediatric internist. She agrees with the megacolon diagnosis from China. She does not at this point think it is the more serious Hirschprung's disease that would require surgery. They did x-rays in China that we took along today, from what the doctor could see she doesn't want to do any more x-rays or biopsies at this point. She will have a radiologist review the x-rays also. We have started a stool softener, 3 times a day for the next 3 days, to get everything cleaned out. Then only once a day for 4 weeks. We will go back to reevaluate at that time. When we accepted Lila's referral there were a lot of unknowns about her medical condition. We weren't sure if she would require surgery or medication or dietary management. We feel really lucky and very relieved that she won't be having surgery at this point.

Say a prayer for little Jadyn from our travel group, she undergoes open-heart surgery on Wednesday. http://ourjadynpanda.blogspot.com/

Chrissy