This is kinda late, we had it done in early June, but I just found this in my phone, forgot I had taken it. Made me really sad when I found it today for some reason, but I'm also exhausted and overly emotional right now...
http://by105w.bay105.mail.live.com/mail/ScanAttachment.aspx?messageid=c029d3f6-b1c9-4d44-a225-cbb49dfc94fc&bissafe=True&attindex=0&cp=28591&attdepth=0

Lindsay I can't get in, it says I need a password.

It needs to be resized, and I can't figure out how!

Ok, I used photobucket, duh! Sorry ladies, I'm still not a techie!

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/lindsayknops/phprobe.jpg

Bless her heart! :(

Thanks for posting the picture, though. It is very helpful for parents whose children are getting the procedure done.

Awwwww! :(
I don't like my pictures of Eric either. I'm thinking of throwing them away. Or at the very least getting them off my computer.
I see she was in the hospital for hers.
Was she having other testing done at the time too or is it just they way your people do it?

She had an upper gi endoscopy w/ biopsies at the same time, so we just did it as "one stop shopping". Not fun for a little girl! It reminded me of prison, and I was so sick to my tummy that whole time, and we were also in the midst of tropical storm Alberto. Very stressful!

Awww, poor little thing. That just looks miserable and your right, those cribs do look like jails! You would think they could make them look a little warmer! Is it horrible when they put the tube in? The are talking about doing one on COnnor if his Reflux continues to be bad and I'm just dreading it!

Putting the tube in wasn't bad at all, they put it in while she was asleep for the scope. The 1st 1 she had (2 days old) was awful, she pulled it out like 3 times and they had to put it back in,they don't make no-no's that small!. I couldn't be there, dh had to do the dirty work. It probably wasn't all that bad, but that was such a rough time, I felt like I was dying! Her 1st 10 days of life was not a joyous time, like it should have been: it was the most awful thing I've ever been thru, and I start crying these days anytime I think about it!

Is it horrible when they put the tube in? The are talking about doing one on COnnor if his Reflux continues to be bad and I'm just dreading it!

It was pretty traumatic for Eric, but once it was placed he was all smiles and he did really well. It's scary, and I wish that none of these kids had to do it.
The test can tell the doctors so much.
In our case nothing really came from it, but....

((((big HUG))))


It's really cool that Ava was under while hers was put in this time. At least that was one benefit to the whole experience.
I get sad when I think back too, and a part of me wonders if when I look back at now and pictures I just took yesterday, will I feel sad about what we are doing now? Ya know?
I have taken lot's of pictures of Eric. Ones that I thought were beautiful at the time I took them. I look at them now and think "Gosh, he looks so sick. He wasn't feeling well at all." I still can't look at some of his newborn pictures without cringing, and I'm tempted to throw some of them away.

Minnie, I know what you mean! When Ava was first transferred to the nicu, and before they took her away to transfer her to the children's hospital, it was going to be a few hours before we could join her. The nurses took some pix and made me a little digital collage to have w/ us on the drive up. I can't even look at it. She was so small and just a little nugget in a jumble of wires and IVs and monitors in her incubator, w/ tubes in her throat to drain the bile. I hid it in her closet and came across it about a month ago while I was cleaning, and just lost it. I want to throw it away, but I can't for some reason, it's part of who she is. But God, is it heartbreaking. I've been crying all day- exhaustion and feeling really depressed. I hate this!