Puke-O-Rama!

Nattie and Mamma

Like I said in the previous post, Natalie has been vomiting quite a bit in the past four weeks. She hasn't done it more than once in a day and until last week she barely got sick two days in a row. We couldn't figure out what it was. After she throws up she immediately wants to eat. Which made me think that it wasn't the flu. One night we were at my parents when she got sick and she barely got a breath in when she was finished and said, "I want fruit snacks Mamma!" And if I did give her anything afterwards, she could keep that down. Very strange, I know. She also was acting completely normal in between the vomiting sessions. We went to the Dr. and tried a few different things to see if she would stop. After two weeks of off and on vomiting, our pediatrician wanted some bloodwork and an Upper GI series done.

This is where being a parent sucks. Most likely Natalie will not remember any of these tests, but I will NEVER forget them. So far the hardest thing for me about being a Mom is when she has had to get blood taken or have a tube put up her nose and down her throat and she just looks at me like "Why are you letting them do this to me!" We all know that the small prick of a needle isn't really that bad, and the tube down her throat she couldn't even feel, but she's scared and screaming and I couldn't do anything to help her. In fact, having these things done to her was helping her, but how do you explain that to a 2 1/2 year old. Internal stuggles blow.
We found out that Nattie has a Grade 3 Reflux. This was suppose to explain the puking. Our Dr. put her on some medication that would help move the food through her stomach faster so that when she did reflux, she wouldn't have anything in her stomach to throw up. After 6 days on the medication, she continued to throw up. The medicine wasn't working. Crap. I knew that meant...more tests. Crap again. I would like to insert a more harsh curse word, but I want my rating to remain in the lower end of the scale. HeHe. We'll see how long that lasts.
We have made an appointment with MN Gastroenterology to see if they can figure out what is going on with my little baby's tummy. I can say that I love my pediatrician. He is being very proactive about what is going on with her and doesn't hang up on me when I am crying on the phone. On Friday the 18th, Brian and Jeanine took her back to Children's for an ultrasound and more bloodwork. I just couldn't go. One thing they are checking for is Celiac's Disease. It has to do with how her body processes gluten, if it is processing it at all. This is just one of the things that her symptoms are matching. I think our Dr. is trying to rule things out more than anything.
We should find out the results of some of the tests tomorrow. I'll let you know. Until then please keep Natalie in your prayers, like I know many of you already have been.

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