Hospital Trip #1

I was recently told that because I never post about Jax's eating difficulties, that they thought everything was OK.  For the most part, things are great.  However, about 3 months ago, we started noticing that he was throwing up at almost every meal.  As time progressed, it because harder and harder for him to keep his food down.  A bit of history--When Jax was born, his esophagus ended in a ball, if you will, instead of attaching to his stomach.  Within the first month of his life, he underwent major surgery to connect his esophagus to his stomach so that he could take in foods.  He actually had numerous procedures/ surgeries while in China.  We always knew that he would have to have treatments after coming home, and alas the time as come.  We took him for an upper GI and it was discovered that his esophagus was approximately 60% constricted.  He has been on a very soft diet for over two months now--lots of mash potatoes, yogurt, pudding and soups.  So, about a week ago, he went in for an endoscopy (to explore his inners as there is only so much you can see on x-rays) and to put a balloon in his esophagus to gently expand it.  The surgery revealed that a shelf of scar tissue had also built up in the esophagus (not unexpected), but this does compound his issues.  Jax was a trouper all throughout the day until he threw up his purple popcicle on the way home. 

 He watched very carefully as the  anesthesiologist unhooked all the wires.

We go back in next week for another procedure, but this one is going to require an overnight stay.  Prayers and positive thoughts for both Jax and his doctors would be greatly appreciated.