Mondays visit was with Dr.Garcia the Gastroenterologist to talk about his tummy issues.Owen has been painfully throwing up since birth.And when I say throwing up I mean PROJECTILE vomiting all over the place!It has not been a fun thing to deal with.I switched from regular burp clothes to kitchen microfiber towels so that I could mop up his mess.Along with the throwing up came endless amounts of crying,burping,gagging,choking,congestion and over all fussiness.Now let me just say I know he is a newborn!But this is not normal run of the mil crying this is "mom im pissed,i don't feel good" cry. This momma was losing it a little bit.
He officially was diagnosed with GERD about 3 weeks ago.He has been on Zantac that seemed to help some but he is still a fussy little guy.Dr.Garcia switched his medicine and we will be starting it tonight.She also wants him to get a Upper GI just to check and make sure everything is ok.He has already had an ultrasound of his tummy but she wants a better look.We will follow up with her in about a month.
As for today's visit it was thankfully here in town with his regular pediatrician Dr.Paik.I adore her.I love the office and I love the staff there.They have all watched Owen grow in his short little life and love seeing him.His appointment was to follow up on all his visits so far and to look at future appointments.Not much to report other then his stats for 12 weeks:
Weight: 13lbs 4 oz
Height: 22.5 in
He is in the 54% for Weight and only 7% for height.
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Tabitha I don't know if you remember or know but Wyatt(now 9.5 yo) had GERD so badly that zantac and prilosec did nothing for him and by 9 months he was admitted and given surgery called a fundoplication to stop the puking. They also gave him a feeding G-tube at the same surgery as he had no suck swallow reflex so up to that point he was receiving all feeds via nasogastic tube. It was a huge blessing though and being only 11 pounds at 9 months, he finally began to grow, sit up and smile for the first time since birth. It was a life altering procedure for him. Luckily it seems your lil guy is growing well though so hopefully they will find some kind of meds to help his little tummy
Ya the only thing he doesnt have with the gerd is lack of weight gain.I have NO idea how he still gains weight with the amount of puke coming out of him.
ahh poor boy, hopefully hes one of the lucky ones who will outgrow it around a year
I found you at Leigh Vs Laundry and came right over to visit your blog. What a beauty that little baby is and how fortunate to have such a great mom! Keep hanging in there... I'm also hoping he's one of those lucky kiddos that outgrow much of this as he matures!
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