Day 252 - Small Bowel Series, Record # of Diapers, & Scheduled for Discharge
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 James had his Small Bowel Series at 9:30am this morning. A small bowel series is an x-ray examination of the small bowel using fluoroscopy and an orally ingested contrast material called barium. Fluoroscopy makes it possible to see internal organs in motion. When coated with barium, the radiologist is able to view and assess the anatomy and function of the small bowel. Mom was not allowed to come down to Radiology. It took the whole day to get the read done so we could know the results. We found out towards the end of the day that the results were normal and that there was nothing to be concerned about. The contrast that was put through his j-tube really cleaned James out. He had nine bowel movements for the day. At one point, three huge diapers within 1 hour. Just in case something we'll share that majority of this diapers were pretty liquidy and yellow however there were hard green like pebbles in his stool. The doctor said that that was most likely ...