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       How it began
   DIR By: hlsypin
       Date: May 14, 2017, 9:52 pm
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       Blake initially became sick on December 28, 2016.  He woke up
       and complained of not feeling well.  We had a family Christmas
       party planned that evening and he stayed home.
       December 31, 2016
       Blake is showing no improvement and all he wants to do was
       sleep. I took him to Urgent care for an exam. During the exam,
       the Dr. pressed gently on Blake's stomach and he grimaced in
       pain. The Dr. referred us to the Emergency room in order to rule
       out appendicitis. After bloodwork, a CT scan and an ultrasound,
       they determined that it was not appendicitis. However, the
       noticed that his common bile duct (CBD) was enlarged and that
       his liver enzymes were high. We were instructed to follow up
       with our family physician and with a GI specialist.
       January 3, 2017
       The family physician suspects Mono, so Blake was also tested for
       that. It came back negative. They instructed us to follow up
       with the GI specialist.
       January 5, 2017
       We saw the GI specialist, who ordered more recent lab work. He
       reviewed the test that were done prior and at this point said he
       was suspecting gallstones, even though it is rare for someone
       Blake's age. He ordered an MRI for January 19.
       Blake began showing some improvement. For the first time in 2
       weeks, he wanted to at least nibble on small meals. Prior to
       this he had NO appetite and only wanted to sleep. He was now up
       for longer period and trying to at least watch tv or play video
       games. Meanwhile, the GI specialist office called to tell me
       that the liver enzymes were starting to decrease, but to still
       go for the MRI.
       Saturday, January 14,2017
       We took Blake out of the house for a haircut. He was joking
       around and seemed to be improving. He said the stomach pain was
       still there, but not as severe.
       Sunday, January 15,2017
       He was laying on the couch and his color was gone again. He just
       seemed tired. I assumed taking him out of the house on Saturday
       wore him out, and let him rest.
       Monday,January 16, 2017
       He mostly rested in between playing video games for short
       periods of time. He said he was going to try to return to school
       on Tuesday, with the agreement that if he had any pain he would
       go to the school nurse and I'd go get him from school.
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