After a few years of painful abdominal pains, multiple medicines that did nothing, way too many missed days of school, church, music lessons, etc., multiple abdominal x-rays, specialized diets, an upper and lower GI that showed everything normal...(and her first IV that scared her more than the procedure)...

Allergy testing that was all negative...(more needles...not a good day)...

followed by a gallbladder ultrasound that showed no gallstones...

and a HIDA scan to check her gallbladder function...(and yet another IV)...

we finally found that it is Bri's gallbladder that is not functioning properly and causing her pains. We are glad for the diagnosis and feel blessed to know what the problem is. We now have to wait until Wednesday to find out about the diagnosis and decide what to do. I am hoping that we can just have it removed and let her start feeling better...it has been a long road.