NoahandEmilysMama

My child is growing up and exploring new textures, tastes and sounds. Oh and words! He can shout for you or at you and he had a fine set of lungs on him. Noah also has a wicked sense of humour and is very cheeky.. So maybe it was a coincidence or not: So it was around 9am, I was peacefully sleeping, dreaming about a very hot beach with a very hot guy and I got rudely awoken.. Muuuuuuu, Maaaaaaaaaa, mummmmmm! Was all I heard through the monitor! My child was shouting for me as he does everyday. I got up and went into his room, where he was beaming his gorgeous smile at me. I stood at the door admiring his little face and he kept calling me.  My heart melted, this is what makes the hard work, the screaming and the 3am night feeds all worth it. I was in my own little world, dreaming about what else he would say in the future and when my first 'I love you' would sprout from his little mouth. Until this cheeky monkey decided it would be funny to shout me again.. 'Muuuuuu mummmmm...

A very Long one at that! With Noah's condition the next step is Tests, Tests and guess what more tests. They want to be 110% certain it is Hirschsprungs. This involves vigorous testing. Intrusive tests to my teeny tiny little guy. What mother wants to see that. The tests he will probably need: * A blood test (standard and used for just about everything) * An X-ray with dye. *A MRI * Urine Sample * This sounds really weird but its called a Manomentry Test. Which is where they inflate a balloon in his rectum and the surrounding muscles should relax, if not-Hirschsprungs is diagnosed. and a biopsy. This is what I'm not looking forward to. This biopsy involves going into his tiny little bum and going up the rectal passage ( I didn't know what else to call it and be a mature mother that i should be, not that I am) and taking a sample of his nerve endings in his intestines. If Hirschsprungs is diagnosed then surgery is the...