Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Colonoscopy: Check!

Well Julie finished her colon prep (this one was call Movi prep) at about midnight last night, and she was very excited to have it done with. She said it tasted exactly like lemon lysol smells and since she is allergic to aspertame they couldn't add any flavoring to it. She was pretty dissapointed that moviprep, didn't come with popcorn and a show. We did find out that you do get free movies on demand though so we took care of at least half of her wants.
Her colonoscopy was scheduled for 10:30 but they had a cancellation and she was able to go at about 9:00 this morning. The procedure and recovery took about two and a half hours, and there wasn't a waiting room where the procedure was being done, so Mom, Dad and I went exploring in Rochester. We located Super Target and picked up some essentials. We solved the mystery of where the thousands of people who work in this amazing place park (they are bussed in), and we discovered a neighborhood of gorgeous houses (we're pretty sure the people who live in some of them invented plastic).
Julie is back in her room now. She was allowed to order whatever she wanted off the "room service" menu. That made her exceptionally happy after the less than exciting diebetic diet they made her have in Salina. We were just excited that she had an appetite again. That had been missing for some time.
The resident on our team was in to chat with us just a few minutes ago. I don't know her name yet, but will let you know. She and the rest of the team are going to confer in the next hour or so, and then the whole team will be in to talk to us this afternoon. At that point we should get some idea of the course of treatment they are planning for Julie. She did tell us that she thought we might have some other options to try before we get to surgery. Right now they are trying to rule out CMV which apparently is an infection that lots of people with Crohn's can get.
That's about all we know for now. I'll update again after the team comes to visit.

2 comments:

  1. Been thinking about you all morning. Thanks for the update!

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  2. I slept all day following my colonoscopy, but since this is getting to be old hat to Julie, I expect she is up and dancing down the halls. Don't forget the clothes pin on the back of the dainty gown while dancing. I, too, have been thinking about you all day. (((hugs to all)))

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