October 23, 2007
Natalie has really been enjoying going to school lately. She has been doing really well and paying attention (in between the laughs we are told) to what is going on in class with her friends. She has also been sneaking some naps in at school lately too.
If you weren’t aware, Natalie had another Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) done in late September. Yeah, if you can say that in one breath without choking, you’re better than we are! Basically, it is a scope of her pancreas. What they were looking for with Natalie was the cause of her pancreatitis attacks. Since she has been healthy lately, they wanted to do another scope and see what might have found as the cause. The only thing they found was a condition known as “pancreas divisum” which is where the pancreatic duct splits into two parts going into the pancreas.
Whew! You can read more about the ERCP on the National Digestive Diseases website.
Natalie has continued to grow to the point that she is getting to be a tight fit into her wheelchair. So we have had to order her a new one, so if you see her out and around, tell how how much you like her new wheels!