ABSENT!!!

Wow, I haven't made a post in almost a month. But I have had good reason. The main one is that we have been trying to figure out what has been causing Evan stomach discomfort since Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving break he came down with a little bug but never seemed to get rid of it fully. It was becoming more and more difficult for him to go to school and just do anything. So, we went to our pediatrician in Dec. He ran some tests but everything came back negative. Evan's always been a beyond nervous kid so we chalked it up to a nervous stomach- something he would have to deal with. Well, in mid-January it got to be too much. Missing weeks of school and becoming more sick. So in early Feb. we were able to go down to Sacramento and see a pediatric GI specialist. She ran some more tests and what came back was that a marker for celiac disease was high and that he was positive for Giardia. So the celiac thing could still be an issue but right now he is being treated for the Giardia. He's on strong antibiotics and hopefully this will be what the issue is. He has been on independent study now for two weeks. We've all caught some nasty respiratory flu and so all the boys feel terrible with high fevers. So, do we see a change yet? No not completely. Of course I was hoping for 100% after a few days on the antibiotics and I definitely haven't seen that. In fact the Dr. just called to check in and she said lets see how he does in the next couple of weeks and get back with her. Because the way she sounds it could still be the celiac as well. OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! We just want him to feel better and get back to school. So anyways that is why the absence of me writing on here and Evan at school.