Addison's Crazy Day

Addison was scheduled to have her colonoscopy and EGD or upper GI exam yesterday. We did all of the prep on Tuesday to prepare. We arrived at the hospital at 12:00 pm for her procedures at 1:30. Of course there was a teenage girl eating Cheetos & M&M's. They need to make the no eating signs with neon lights! Addison was called to the back though and as you can see she was all smiles!

Addison's procedures went well. Dr. Hecht was surprised to find Helicobacter pylori gastritis and she had a few trouble spots. When Addison was in recovery her vocal cords spasamed, but the anesthesiologist was able to quickly come to her aid. She woke up and we began to start the discharge process. Addison took one sip of water and snubbed a Popsicle declaring she wanted a smoothly from Costco!

When we were in Costco Addison said she needed to go potty. We made our way to the bathroom and when I picked her up my hand was covered in blood. She sat on the potty and that the blood just filled the toilet along with a few blood clots. I quickly called the doctor and she said we needed to return to the hospital.
After the doctors saw her they decided that x-rays should be taken because of the amount of blood loss. They also wanted to get a blood draw and set up another IV. The only easy thing out of that experience was the x-rays.

Many people attempted to get and IV started . They tried both hands and both mid arms. The first person that tried lost the first vein in the hand and then tried the upper right arm and then was able to get a vein, but the blood was clotting as soon as it came out of the draw. He gave in and said that an expert in pediatric blood draw would come in.
The expert came in and tried using the IV location from her procedure earlier in the day. That didn't work and they they moved to her upper left arm. They were able to get a little blood, but when they were cleaning it they blew the vein and had to stop. Due to the lack of hydration from the prep and loss of blood she had nothing else to give.
They allowed her to drink some Gatorade and eat some crackers.

Through all of this Addison was patient, kind and full of smiles. Addison has gone through so many things in her life that she just takes things as they come. She didn't get upset or cry until the fourth IV was attempted. She is a real trooper :)
I am very grateful to my dear friend Krissy for bringing Addison a new change of clothes. Addison was very worried about having clean pants and she made that possible.
We arrived home at 10:30 pm with the instructions to watch. If we see blood again like we did yesterday we will be returning to the hospital to be admitted. We are all crossing out fingers!
Thank you for all the well wishes, thoughts and prayers.