The Cravy Family

Well, it looks like we are still fighting the battle with Micah. He has been having difficulty with constipation and passing stool over the last few weeks. This has lead to dramatic and obviously painful screaming moments which have not been pleasant for any of us. The doctor has finally figured out that his rectal canal has a point where it narrows and this is causing it to be difficult for Micah to poop, essentially. They have scheduled him for a short procedure in the morning in which the doctor will put him under anasthesia and investigate the narrowing. The hope is that it is just at one point which he will address while in there. If it is a narrowing of the whole canal, then we will have to assess our opitons which probably includes an invasive surgical procedure. Please pray with us that it will be something that can be fixed quickly and easily in this procedure in the morning. This will be the fourth time that Micah will be put under anasthesia in his short life and we so dearly hope for it to be the last.

UPDATE

The procedure went well and we were able to take our boy home about 4.5 hours after we got there at 5:30 AM. Thankfully, the stricture that was the problem was only in one small place and the doctor was able to break the scar tissue fairly cleanly. Micah will go back on daily dilations (which we all hate) but that should help to keep this from happening again. We go back for a checkup next Tuesday to monitor the progress.