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Last thursday Ethan and I spent a lot of time with our family doctor. I was very impressed with how thorough he was with Ethan. Going over him from top to bottom and after reviewing his symptoms and the tests results that we had done previously. He discovered that Ethan has a stomach ulcer. He did order some more tests just to be sure it is nothing more serious, like Colitis or Celiac disease. Thankfully, all of his kidney and blood tests were great, and nothing showed in that regard.

The treatment for his stomach ulcer is a medication that he took every day for 8 years while he was on prendisone. As prednisone is very hard on the stomach it was used to prevent ulcers. Ethan is to take this medicine every day, twice a day for the next 3 weeks. We are already seeing a great improvement and his appetite is coming back. We did realize that he has to avoid tomatoes and anything acidic, he had mild salsa on the weekend and was in agony three hours later. Ethan got so used to taking awful tasting medicine that he did it without even blinking. Now that it has been a few years, he gags as he chokes it down. I have to laugh at the faces he makes....

As to why he is having an ulcer, well, we have known for a few months now that some issues were going on in his class that were causing him stress. After talking to the doctor and Jeff, we have decided to talk to the principal about everything because the doctor said he believes it is related to School after his chat with Ethan. We have talked to the teacher numerous times and have gotten nowhere. So pray for us tomorrow at 4p.m. as we meet with the principal. My heart breaks for Ethan as he is going through this, and it also brings back memories for me. I got my first stomach ulcer when I was also 10 and spent much of my teens going back and forth to various doctors and tests for both my ulcers and my headaches. I pray that Ethan does not have to face the same. We are so grateful that his kidneys are still doing well, and now we are looking forward to Spring Break in a week!!!