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A few trips to childrens hospital
jmohio
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I have been Mia on here for the past month or so... simply because little one has been scaring the crap out of us. I am hoping someone can say they have had similar things or know how the hell to keep my nerves from getting the best of me.
Little one has had a few issues since she was about a week old. At 4 days she spit up, stopped breathing and turned blue at 3am. I flipped her over banged on her back and was able to get her breathing again. Doctor had no clue what caused it. She then developed a rash which the doctor told me was baby acne. We saw a new doctor when she was about 4 weeks old and they were able to tell us she had a milk allergy and the rash should get better when we get her off milk based formula. She continued the spitting up and breathing thing multiple times a day so we tried medications, different formulas, just about everything! We finally saw a GI specialist who diagnosed her with severe acid reflux and milk allergy. We went on Zantac, Prevacid and alimentum. The spitting up and breathing has finally worked itself out and we are doing pretty good with that.
Then last week she spit up blood on me... I freaked took her to the doctor who told me that was normal... I called Bullshit and called the GI. She then didn't eat for 18 hours so he ordered x-rays that came back ok. Then she decided to have an allergic reaction on us that caused us to rush her to the ER. Her whole face went puffy she broke out in hives on her face and her eyes were swollen shut. She was also coughing like she was choking. ER said it was definitely an allergic reaction to something, but with her being this little there is no telling what. We didn't do or have anything new around her when it happened.
Sorry for the long post but I am truly losing my mind with all this. I suffer from anxiety and as I am sure you can imagine I am freaking out every time she coughs or sneezes now. The GI told us if anything else happens they are admitting us to the hospital for a few days of observation and testing. I hate that my 3.5 month old has to go through all this. Even though it isn't phasing her much she is still smiling 24/7 and laughing at everything.
The picture was about 10 minutes after we got her in the car to the hospital after the reaction.
Little one has had a few issues since she was about a week old. At 4 days she spit up, stopped breathing and turned blue at 3am. I flipped her over banged on her back and was able to get her breathing again. Doctor had no clue what caused it. She then developed a rash which the doctor told me was baby acne. We saw a new doctor when she was about 4 weeks old and they were able to tell us she had a milk allergy and the rash should get better when we get her off milk based formula. She continued the spitting up and breathing thing multiple times a day so we tried medications, different formulas, just about everything! We finally saw a GI specialist who diagnosed her with severe acid reflux and milk allergy. We went on Zantac, Prevacid and alimentum. The spitting up and breathing has finally worked itself out and we are doing pretty good with that.
Then last week she spit up blood on me... I freaked took her to the doctor who told me that was normal... I called Bullshit and called the GI. She then didn't eat for 18 hours so he ordered x-rays that came back ok. Then she decided to have an allergic reaction on us that caused us to rush her to the ER. Her whole face went puffy she broke out in hives on her face and her eyes were swollen shut. She was also coughing like she was choking. ER said it was definitely an allergic reaction to something, but with her being this little there is no telling what. We didn't do or have anything new around her when it happened.
Sorry for the long post but I am truly losing my mind with all this. I suffer from anxiety and as I am sure you can imagine I am freaking out every time she coughs or sneezes now. The GI told us if anything else happens they are admitting us to the hospital for a few days of observation and testing. I hate that my 3.5 month old has to go through all this. Even though it isn't phasing her much she is still smiling 24/7 and laughing at everything.
The picture was about 10 minutes after we got her in the car to the hospital after the reaction.
Re: A few trips to childrens hospital
Do do you have one of the monitors that detects baby's breathing at night? We have the Owlet, my friend has an angel monitor and I know there are a couple others out there.
May give you some peace of mind.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20