TODAY host Dylan Dreyer has teared up on live TV as she revealed her son’s scary medical diagnosis.

She also talked about Calvin being in “excruciating pain” from his recent Celiac Disease diagnosis.

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Today’s Dylan Dreyer has teared up on live TV after talking about her son, Calvin, being diagnosed with Celiac DiseaseCredit: NBC

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After changing his diet, Dylan’s son said he feels ‘1000 percent better’Credit: NBC
On Wednesday’s show, Dylan sat with Craig Melvin and Sheinelle Jones for the Third Hour of Today.

“We’ve got a really special story for you this morning,” Craig said.

“Dylan is taking a moment to open up about something that is impacting her family.”

Dylan said that she has been dealing with her oldest son, Calvin, having extreme symptoms every time he would eat.

They found out he tested positive for Celiac Disease, which is an autoimmune disease where someone cannot eat gluten, and had to change his entire diet, and their lifestyle.

The host said the six-year-old was dealing with “excruciating pain,” including sharp stomach pains, ear aches, and a weird rash.

So, Dylan took him to the doctors, and after Cal got his diagnosis via blood work, he had to go for an endoscopy.

That test found a stomach ulcer and damage to his intestines.

MAKING CHANGES

During the segment, Dylan added that Cal removed gluten from his diet and that he now feels “1000 percent better.”

The mother-of-three also said she scrubbed and sanitized their kitchen to get rid of “cross contamination.”

They also got rid of their kitchenware, so they weren’t cooking in the pots and pans that previously had food with gluten in it.

When the segment ended, Dylan had tears in her eyes while sitting on the couch with her co-hosts.

She tried to blink they away as she talked about it being a transition for the whole family.

“The goal, for me, has to been just make this as easy and smooth as possible for Calvin,” she said.

“So, at this point, he doesn’t even know what I’ve been through to make his life so easy.”

Dylan continued: “I’ve been making so many gluten-free recipes. It seems to be paying off. He likes what I’ve been making. He feel so much better.”

CAL’S PAIN

Dylan opened up to TODAY.com to talk about what her son has been going through for the past year.

“There was one time the pain was so bad that we thought maybe he had something like his appendix burst,” she told the site about Cal’s stomach pain.

“He was hunched over in pain.”

So, his family rushed him to the emergency room and it turned out that his appendix was fine.

That was when Dylan took him to get further testing.

“He had an earache for a year. We took him to an ENT. Everything was fine with his ears. But he complained of an earache all the time,” she told TODAY.

Cal also had a rash on his scalp and his hair even began to fall out.

Dylan added that he even began to drop things, like his fork at the dinner table, and they later found out weakness in hands is also a symptom of Celiac’s.

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Calvin had been experiencing stomach pains, ear aches, rashes on his scalp, hair falling out, and weakness in his handsCredit: NBC

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Dylan shared that the whole family is adjusting to it and had to sanitize their kitchen and get all new cookwareCredit: Instagram / Dylan Dreyers

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The Today host had tears in her eyes by the end of the segment and said she just wants to make her son happyCredit: NBC/