I think that we have finally got Dalen on the mends. He has acted so much better over this past week! He is happy, playing, and sleeping well. This picture was just taken this morning. Dalen was trying to get Daddy out of bed to play.
It happened again
Early yesterday morning Dalen (sorry to be so graphic) vomited again. He did fine when I fed him at 3am. Then when I fed him again at 7am he threw it up. Both the bottles were the Nutramigen which is easy on a baby's stomach because it isn't milk based. That is what had me so worried. Before he had only had that problem with the Similac, he was fine on Nutramigen. After that I got him cleaned up and call Travis' work and told them he needed to call me, it was an emergency. He left work and met me down at the main clinic. I'm so glad he was there with me, I was about ready to go to pieces thinking of the worst. We saw the same nurse practitioner that we had seen at last Friday's follow-up. She had us go down immediately for an upper GI scan to check for something internally that if it came back for he would have to have surgery, but thank the Lord he was ok as far as that went. I took it that they thought this all was serious too because they worked him in for the GI scan immediately and there was a rush put on the results. As of right now the NP thinks it is just a very bad case of reflux. It is just something we have to manage until he grows out if it, and that can take up to a year if not longer. As for today, so far, he hasn't had any problems, but we are keeping a very close eye on him. I feel incredibly bad for him. He has been on the Prevacid for a few days now. He has been actually able to sleep in his crib again because he is able to lay down. We are praying this medicine works.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for Dalen. Please continue to do so.
Early yesterday morning Dalen (sorry to be so graphic) vomited again. He did fine when I fed him at 3am. Then when I fed him again at 7am he threw it up. Both the bottles were the Nutramigen which is easy on a baby's stomach because it isn't milk based. That is what had me so worried. Before he had only had that problem with the Similac, he was fine on Nutramigen. After that I got him cleaned up and call Travis' work and told them he needed to call me, it was an emergency. He left work and met me down at the main clinic. I'm so glad he was there with me, I was about ready to go to pieces thinking of the worst. We saw the same nurse practitioner that we had seen at last Friday's follow-up. She had us go down immediately for an upper GI scan to check for something internally that if it came back for he would have to have surgery, but thank the Lord he was ok as far as that went. I took it that they thought this all was serious too because they worked him in for the GI scan immediately and there was a rush put on the results. As of right now the NP thinks it is just a very bad case of reflux. It is just something we have to manage until he grows out if it, and that can take up to a year if not longer. As for today, so far, he hasn't had any problems, but we are keeping a very close eye on him. I feel incredibly bad for him. He has been on the Prevacid for a few days now. He has been actually able to sleep in his crib again because he is able to lay down. We are praying this medicine works.
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for Dalen. Please continue to do so.
I'm Worried
I had taken Dalen back to the dr. about the reflux last Thursday (I'll get into some details in a bit) and he had me switch him from his Nutramigen formula back to regular Similac. A few hours after he had the first bottle of similac he threw up, and I mean projectile and alot of it. It really scared me. After that I thought he wasn't acting right, sort of sleepy and weak acting. I wasn't sure what to do and it was time for him to eat again so I fed him some more. When I went to burp him after 2 oz. he threw up all of it the same way as before. Oh, I was really scared. I loaded him in the car as fast as I could and we went to Urgent Care at the main hospital. I figured that if something was really wrong that it would be best to already be at the hospital instead of at the clinic. Well, they did blood work to see if he was dehydrated, and he was mildly, and was told that he had a stomach virus, so we were sent home with orders to give him pedialite and have a follow up appt. the next day. Well the next day he had diarrhea, but no vomiting. So I'm thinking they are right about the stomach virus, I heard something was going around. I was given orders to continue the pedialite for the next 48 hours then put him back on formula. So tonight at 11pm was the first time back on his formula, and it wasn't even 2 hours and he threw it all up just like before. It has to be the Similac. I think he is ok at the moment because he went back to sleep, but now I'm afraid to go to sleep myself in case something happens. And after this weekend, I'm exhausted!
So about the dr. appt. about the reflux. The guy was a total jerk to me. I've had to take Dalen a few times to him over this because the poor baby is hurting. And this past week we spent the entire week sleeping together sitting up in the recliner because he couldn't lay flat. He would start gagging or coughing really bad and then crying nonstop. Horrible. Well, the dr. tried to tell me it was colic...no I don't think so. He also gave me referral papers to take him to Children's hospital in Columbus to see a specialist because, "it will ease my mind." It doesn't matter what I think, it matters that my baby is ok. Moron. He finally gets on the phone to one of his friends that is a pediatrician and she tells him to prescribe previcid. Well he gave us a prescription for the liquid, and no one in this entire area has it, it has to be specially made and would cost a fortune. So I called his answering service and was told to, "call back tomorrow."!!!!! The woman would not even listen to why I was calling! Then right after this is when Dalen started vomiting. But back to the appt. The dr. also says, "I can refer you to a pediatrician because I can tell you don't trust what I'm telling you." That ticked me off. Well clown, if you have to call another dr. to see what you should do, and I've had to take Dalen to see you about 4 times over the same thing, then why should I? And then he tells me to switch his formula. That was a horrible idea.
I called his office the next day and didn't even mention that Dalen had to be taken to urgent care the night before, because I was still thinking it was a virus and I was planning on taking him somewhere else after the fiasco the day before so it didn't matter to him, but I wanted him to fix the prescription. Get this. He called a pharmacist to see what the dosage should be. His nurse told me when she called me to let me know it had been called in. Um, hasn't a dr. had more training in these matters than a pharmacist? Well, to the point, the medicine has been helping, so far. But it usually does work for a few days before it stops helping him. So, yet again, we'll see.
The bad news is is now I will have to call him tomorrow to get Dalen's formula switched back. I hate like anything to have to take him back to another appt. We are really racking up the bills, but if it's what he needs then I will. I just really hope that it's not something serious that's going on with Dalen. I am worried about it.
I had taken Dalen back to the dr. about the reflux last Thursday (I'll get into some details in a bit) and he had me switch him from his Nutramigen formula back to regular Similac. A few hours after he had the first bottle of similac he threw up, and I mean projectile and alot of it. It really scared me. After that I thought he wasn't acting right, sort of sleepy and weak acting. I wasn't sure what to do and it was time for him to eat again so I fed him some more. When I went to burp him after 2 oz. he threw up all of it the same way as before. Oh, I was really scared. I loaded him in the car as fast as I could and we went to Urgent Care at the main hospital. I figured that if something was really wrong that it would be best to already be at the hospital instead of at the clinic. Well, they did blood work to see if he was dehydrated, and he was mildly, and was told that he had a stomach virus, so we were sent home with orders to give him pedialite and have a follow up appt. the next day. Well the next day he had diarrhea, but no vomiting. So I'm thinking they are right about the stomach virus, I heard something was going around. I was given orders to continue the pedialite for the next 48 hours then put him back on formula. So tonight at 11pm was the first time back on his formula, and it wasn't even 2 hours and he threw it all up just like before. It has to be the Similac. I think he is ok at the moment because he went back to sleep, but now I'm afraid to go to sleep myself in case something happens. And after this weekend, I'm exhausted!
So about the dr. appt. about the reflux. The guy was a total jerk to me. I've had to take Dalen a few times to him over this because the poor baby is hurting. And this past week we spent the entire week sleeping together sitting up in the recliner because he couldn't lay flat. He would start gagging or coughing really bad and then crying nonstop. Horrible. Well, the dr. tried to tell me it was colic...no I don't think so. He also gave me referral papers to take him to Children's hospital in Columbus to see a specialist because, "it will ease my mind." It doesn't matter what I think, it matters that my baby is ok. Moron. He finally gets on the phone to one of his friends that is a pediatrician and she tells him to prescribe previcid. Well he gave us a prescription for the liquid, and no one in this entire area has it, it has to be specially made and would cost a fortune. So I called his answering service and was told to, "call back tomorrow."!!!!! The woman would not even listen to why I was calling! Then right after this is when Dalen started vomiting. But back to the appt. The dr. also says, "I can refer you to a pediatrician because I can tell you don't trust what I'm telling you." That ticked me off. Well clown, if you have to call another dr. to see what you should do, and I've had to take Dalen to see you about 4 times over the same thing, then why should I? And then he tells me to switch his formula. That was a horrible idea.
I called his office the next day and didn't even mention that Dalen had to be taken to urgent care the night before, because I was still thinking it was a virus and I was planning on taking him somewhere else after the fiasco the day before so it didn't matter to him, but I wanted him to fix the prescription. Get this. He called a pharmacist to see what the dosage should be. His nurse told me when she called me to let me know it had been called in. Um, hasn't a dr. had more training in these matters than a pharmacist? Well, to the point, the medicine has been helping, so far. But it usually does work for a few days before it stops helping him. So, yet again, we'll see.
The bad news is is now I will have to call him tomorrow to get Dalen's formula switched back. I hate like anything to have to take him back to another appt. We are really racking up the bills, but if it's what he needs then I will. I just really hope that it's not something serious that's going on with Dalen. I am worried about it.
I Voted Today
I have to just say that I have never, since I have voted in my hometown beginning at the age of 18, seen so many people at my polling place to vote. I've heard all day on the news how in the bigger cities there were hours of waiting time in the long lines, but never thought it would be any different here than it ever was, I was wrong. I guess it just goes to show that people care about this year's election or at least so that they can say they helped to make history. I personally think, and have heard from many people, that this year's presidential candidates have been the poorest excuse for choices. I'll be glad when I turn on the tv from now on, at least until the next election season rolls around, that I won't have to listen to the name smearing and character bashing.
I have to just say that I have never, since I have voted in my hometown beginning at the age of 18, seen so many people at my polling place to vote. I've heard all day on the news how in the bigger cities there were hours of waiting time in the long lines, but never thought it would be any different here than it ever was, I was wrong. I guess it just goes to show that people care about this year's election or at least so that they can say they helped to make history. I personally think, and have heard from many people, that this year's presidential candidates have been the poorest excuse for choices. I'll be glad when I turn on the tv from now on, at least until the next election season rolls around, that I won't have to listen to the name smearing and character bashing.
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