I've been cooing and smiling a lot more since I feel better. I still have a bad day every now and then but overall I'm much better. I will be going for some more tests at the hospital though and maybe we will get this all figured out before long. I'm having a little trouble swallowing and keeping my milk down. Mom has been making my milk thicker and that helps. It also helped me put on some weight. I got my shots and of course cried but I was over it quickly. I weighed in at 12lbs and was 23 inches long. Today is my 11 week birthday so we were a little late with the 2 month visit because I haven't felt too good. Earlier this week Mom noticed what a good mood I was in and tried to catch it all on video- but she missed some of it. I do laugh a few times though. I'm starting to notice Rudy and laugh at him. I always smile at my Daddy when he talks to me. I love to try and talk to Noni too. My favorite things are sitting in my bouncy, lying on my changing table and laughing with Mommy, and watching Luke play. He's a great big brother!
Well, she thinks I have severe GERD and protein allergies to both soy and milk. That means I can't digest cow milk based or soy based formula. I have started on Alimentum since the Nutramigen didn't work. However, the doctor quickly changed her mind and said I would need Neosure which you have to order. That formula should work if I have problems digesting fat or sugar as well. My medicine got changed to Prevasid but then the doctor changed it back to Axid the next day. It seems all the changes are part of the problem huh? Keep praying for me!
This is what I did "cry cry cry cry". I'm getting worse instead of better so Mommy and Luke took me back to the doctor this morning. I'm once again on another formula, I think this is like #7 for me. I'm also on two new prescriptions. They rushed me an apt for a specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital this Wednesday. Please pray that they find some help for me, life is very rough right now for my whole family. The doctor is still hoping it is just a combination of several things but we just don't know exactly what is causing this. Mommy and Daddy are sad because I cry so much and they can't help me.
Last night Daddy jokingly called me the screamer on Makenzie Drive. Sometime- you just gotta laugh. Mom laughed today at WalMart and again at US Compound Pharmacy when people asked her what was wrong with me. One elderly man even asked her if she'd tried "a little whiskey" for that pretty little girl! When she told him no he looked at her funny and asked why not. Mommy put on her best smarty girl face and said, "because I prefer not to go to jail". The other people in there snickered till she gave them a dirty look.
Monday-Friday! That means we have to get up and out of the house all of those mornings. Mommy would have rather had us at home on Tues and Thurs but everyone was in agreement that this would be a good transition for Luke. On the way home from dropping him off Mommy was telling me about when there were rainy days when Luke was a baby they'd stay in their PJ's all day. She was sad thinking about how we won't be able to do that (me and her). Life changes and everything happens for a reason. It sure would be nice to sleep in after Mommy and have a long night party:)
I fussed off and on so me and Mommy hung out in the house a lot. We did manage to go with the boys for Dinner on Saturday evening. On Sunday, we went to Babies R Us to do some shopping for me. On Monday I made the trip to Wal Mart with Mommy and Luke. I am staying awake more and more and maybe that is why I'm so fussy in the evening. You know, I can cry for 3 straight hours- * I don't recommend doing this to your Moms!
