My son has been having pain for the last 11 months and
has been in and out of the hospital with every test that
can be run. He is 11 yrs old and 11 months ago was the
most active kid in the world. He is world champion in
martial arts and a first degree blackbelt. He plays base-
ball in the summer and basketball in the winter. He wants
to be able to play soccer and football too........but
as he is now.......he cannot do anything but lay on the
couch most of the time and scream in pain. We have been
to the best children's hospital in Houston and at first
they thought he had appendisitis and did a lapros surgery
and found an adhesion and took out his appendix even
though they were fine. He was pain free for about a
month and a half after his surgery....the doctor said that
the adhesion was really nothing to worry about. His pain
came back and we returned to the doctors and they ran more
tests ...ct scan,x-rays,u name it they ran it. The surgeons
scratched their heads....sent us to a GI doctor...and he
never did anything but give him laxitives because he was
constipated. The GI doctor scratched his head and sent us
to a sports med doctor and he scratched his head. Then they
told us they did not know and sent us home saying it was
all in his head! He cries ...saying it feels like something
is ripping and tearing inside his side and his right side
where your appendix is suppose to be is so tender he can't
bend over , he is bloated, he has gained about 60 pounds,
he can't run and play like the other kids and he hates it!
If he tries to play or work out in karate......he suffers
for 2 to 3 days nonstop. I found a doctor that is an
internal doc and he says it is adhesions and has been
treating him with Vioxx and Prednisone......but it is not
working. He sent us to a surgeon a few days ago and he told
us he would not touch it! HELPPPPP I am at my wits end with
this.......I want my baby to feel better and be able to be a
normal child again!!! I need the name of some surgeons in the
Houston,Texas area that does this kinda surgery and is good,
I want someone that knows what they are doing!If anyone can
help me ....please email me! Thank you.......A very desperate
mom!