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LCB34
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I have a very sick baby...
LCB34
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I just C&P'd this from my blog as I am exhausted and short on time.
Kate decided she wanted some excitement for turning two months.
After crazy amounts of spit up/ vomit (we're talking 5-6 times after each bottle) I brought her to the pediatrician on Monday early afternoon. After seeing the doctor, K started a lovely screamfest that last most of the afternoon and night.
We were sent for belly xrays yesterday and the films showed her stomach was very enlarged. So, off the Texas Children's ER we went. After waiting 9 hours, we had an ultrasound done to rule out Pyloric Stenosis. Unfortunately the ultrasound results were iffy - probably because we weren't allowed to feed Kate so she was hungry and pissed that someone was jabbing and ultrasound wand into her gut.
The ER sent us home without any answers which had me upset as we were told to "rush her" to the ER and that "surgery would most likely happen within a few hours" when we left the pediatrician's office.
So, we went back to the Peditrician this morning and she ordered lab work - which should have been done last night in the ER (don't even get me started on that). The lab orders landed us back at Texas Children's for the third time in 24 hours.
We are waiting on results and will hopefully have a plan by this evening. There is still a chance that Kate will be taken in for surgery at some point today/ tomorrow but, we won't know until we get these labs back.
I am trying to keep it together and am just praying that we have some answers soon.
A sick baby is no fun. A sick baby with no plan in place to get her better sucks even more.
Any thoughts and prayers are welcome!
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Re: I have a very sick baby...
sending prayers your way!
Not sure if it'll help, but my baby likes to have a warm something on his tummy when he doesn't feel good.
Poor baby girl! I really hope they figure out what is going on and quickly.
Did they say what the surgery would be for?
If she has surgery it will be a pyloromyotomy. Basically cutting the muscle at the base of the stomach to allow food/ nutrients to properly flow out of the stomach and into the intestines.
Oh my goodness! T&P that they don't have to do that, but if they do, that everything goes smoothly and it helps her not be in pain.
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