day 1

today was hard.  i wanted: easy, a prescription and sent home [really, that's what I wanted].

The Endocrinologists were wonderful.  Each one.  The attending Endocrinologist explained that the hormone, DDAVP, is a prescription of convenience.  The natural "thirst" mechanism is God's way [my words, not hers] of regulating water within the body.  As long as we have water and a potty, he would be ok.  Of course, sleeping and eating patterns would be interrupted therefore it is best to use the hormone with a child.

That was the good news, and they are working along side of us to find "his" dose.

The problem still lies with the cause of this, diabetes insipidus.

She explained how the pituitary gland worked [can everyone just take a moment and thank God for their healthy pituitary gland.  it is the size of a pea and does much, like BIG stuff.]  There are quite a few reasons why the pituitary gland could be mad.  We still need to figure out why.

I asked her if DI ever just goes away.  She said it has happened once in her practice  :(.  {I think we can and should be #2 :).}

Because the source is not obvious, we need to explore some other possibilities.  I did not like the sound of the new possibilities either.  We are now seeing a Hematologist (Blood Dr.), as well.

All day I battled whether to take my baby and run, fall to my knees grateful for the amazing medical care or bawl because of all of the many other children I saw.

More tests we ordered and 7 and half hours later we left the hospital.

Dawson had to give more blood.  We know one diagnosis for certain, he is insanely fearful of needles.  Like kicking, screaming and biting scared.  Justin and I lost a few years of our life trying to hold him down.  It was not pretty.

Once we left the hospital we needed to shake the day off, way off.

We headed downtown, San Francisco.

 This moment was needed.

They jumped their little hearts out.

They needed to jump, we needed their smiles.

Tomorrow is day 2.  Thank you for praying and please keep it up!