Light at the end of the tunnel

The Zantac has been helping. He's been much better during the day but at night he was still having attacks. Not as bad as before, but still pretty gruesome.

Well, until tonight. We are having a good night... yay! More later when I am not getting kicked in the stomach.

It's been 48 hours...

well, a little more than 48 hours since starting the Zantac. We ~should~ see improvements today. I guess time will tell if this medicine will work or if we are going to need to pursue different treatments.


Sleeping half sitting up on the couch with Quin is getting old for my back and I miss my husband.

And in the next few days, I may be seriously MIA as we are moving and I dunno when the internet is going to be switched to the new place.

This should be fun.

Let me elaborate...

Over the past week, Q has been sleeping less and less and I've noticed some odd symptoms.

When he does sleep, he wakes up after only 30 minutes to an hour screaming in pain. During and after nursing, he would arch his back and throw his head back and gasp and cough. Sometimes during a feeding, I would hear him gulp funny and then he would pull away and screech. Some evening he would just scream inconsolably and the only way he was comfortable was upright. And, while he doesn't spit up per se, he would always have a little milk come up with each burp.

Tuesday evening while he was screaming with no end in sight and I was on 2 hours of very broken sleep, Donnie called the pedi's after hours cell and she ordered us to come in the next day.


It seems he has infant reflux (GERD). It could be related to a food allergy so I've been ordered to not eat peanuts, eggs, dairy, soy, and wheat/gluten. She also prescribed Zantac because the choking and gasping needs to be resolved because it can lead to life threatening interruptions in breathing.

It's been a long, hard, grueling week on next to no sleep and we are praying that the Zantac will do the trick and bring back our happy, relaxed little baby. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers, we really need it to get through this rough spot.

<3

ANYONE?

Any of my lurker/friend/poster pals have any experience with GERD?



Q has it.


:-(

It's all a blur...

My son has decided that he doesn't like to sleep.

That's right. I am the one person in the world with a newborn who can go an entire day with only sleeping 8ish hours.


Oh look, he barely slept an hour and now he is waking up.






I am so shot.

$213.50

That's the damage. The irony is it was through an area he drives EVERYDAY. AND it's an area I am ALWAYS telling him "Slow down, it's only 40 mph through here because of construction". (The rest of the road is 60 mph).

I could cry.

He was lucky enough the cop didn't put it was a construction zone, but we really can't afford $200 right now.






Oh yeah, and my STD insurance is only going to pay for 6 weeks, instead of the 11 they originally told me they would pay out.


We're so fucked.

I sorta let this slide...

But the anniversary of our miscarriage in 2006 passed about 2 weeks ago... (only 4 days after Q was born).


I want to just take a moment and 'remember' our little angel.

My dearest Evelyn,

Mommy and Daddy miss you so much. We know you could not stay with us very long, but cherish every little moment we had with you. We know you are with your ancestors and so much better off than anything we could offer you. Thank you for blessing us with your presence at all. And thank you for watching over us these past 2 years and for sending your little brother, Quinlon to fill the hole in out hearts. He is gorgeous and you must be so proud of him. He is so lucky to have a big sister like you to watch over him. He will love you as much as we do... he probably already does, you know how infants just seem to know things no matter what us silly adults might think.

I hope one day to rejoin you in the afterlife, my sweet sweet little girl, or maybe one day you will return to us here on earth.

We adore and miss you incredibly much.

Love always,

Mom and Dad and Quinlon