I will not speculate on your sons problem as I don't believe it is necessarily helpful to introduce potential new worries.

I think your decision to see a specialist is the right one.

I would suggest

- trying more than one specialist for an appointment
- seeing whether your local md/gp has an appropriate contact they can use to arrange a quick appointment.
- calling the specialist daily looking for short notice cancellations that you maybe able to slip in on.

Mike

Thank you mike for replying. I will try several doctors, and I will stay on my docs case about getting him seen now!

I will assume that the drs checked the usual like appendicitis, hernia blocked intestines etc?

My daughter (15) had suffered for years with severe constipation (others get diarrhoea) & pains about 1-2 hours after eating, this is now resolved as she self-diagnosed herself by searching on-line search engines re her symptoms and discovered "irritable bowel syndrome" which is one of another of auto immune diseases which can mimic each other and which can cause severe stomache pain, loss of (or gain) weight etc etc.

I am not saying that this is your son's trouble merely showing that it can be very worthwhile to do some research on-line via search engines to see what can cause your symptoms & also what can alleviate the symptoms.

Another thing that can cause severe stomache pain which most people & drs forget is allergies!! So consider whether there is anything new around or anything that your son ate or played near on both ocassions - remember also that you can develop allergies to things that you were fine with!!!!!!!!!!

Did they take x-rays ????

When I was lil that same thing happened to me only it last for months bc my doctor never checked my apendix. I had to have an apendectimy and it burst as they were taking it out of me. You might want to look into that just in case that is the problem before it gets bad. I hope he gets better soon.

Good luck

~kit~

My 10yr old son suffered costant pains in stomach,feeling of throwing up for several years. Kept going to pedi doc where they did blood work, x-rays. Then went to pedi gastro and all felt severe constipation. His x-rays showed so much "stuff" in his intestines coupled with acid reflux that he was misearable for years. We had a regime of fiber and laxatives and this is how constipated he was b/c most people taking that much to go have a bowel movement would of done so but not him, thats how constipated he was. We kept on this regime and then someone told me of her daughter having same problem and they went chiropractor and she felt much better. We did that and lo and behold he has been constipation free for some time. I don't know if thats what your child might have but I know how you feel.

Similar problem, started a 4 to 5 years, then continued on and off, with less than normal weight gain. Finally at 19, he was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic, undiagnosed, even though he spent 3 days in the hospital with every possible test. Be aware, a virus could be attacking the pancreas at this stage. I would call joslin clinic in boston to see if they have any similar experince.