Coco missed school today. It was actually the 6th day so far this year. There seems to be a trend at the beginning of each school year that Coco gets belly aches. We thought it was stress. Then potentially he may have had an averse reaction to nitrates. Not that he ate a lot of hot dogs or pepperoni, but we excluded those outright. The pains would subside and only kick up now and then. But when the pains came, they came hard.
Today, the pains were excruciating. It's hard to tell sometimes, if kids' pains are really as bad as they say. But Coco was not milking it. He was even told that if he didn't go to school, then he couldn't go to his friend's birthday party in he afternoon. Coco was in tears but couldn't get up to go to school.
Demi was conflicted about bringing him to the doctor. Not that he wasn't really in pain. But out doctor was scheduled to be on vacation. Would a substitute really be able to help? Luck was with us this day. Our doctor stopped into the office and decided to take a look at Coco. After some tests, we finally got to the cause. While painful, it will get better. It will take some time, but at least now we know. It's been years now, but I think there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.
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