Update on Callie 7-11-12

Callie has had a rough start. For the past 5 and a half weeks she has nursed, slept for 20 minutes to an hour and a half periods, and *screamed*. I assumed that she was colic. She is not gaining weight every rapidly, every once is exciting, is not having bowel movements on her own, and is unable to keep things down. I understand that babies spit up, this is my third time at this. However, Callie will sit up and with her entire body throw everything she has just eaten up. We have started using kitchen towels as burp rags. We have been giving her a suppository once a week. After talking to the doctor it came up that we are not even seeing her push, as if trying to have a bowl movement and unable.

We have tried zantac, levsin drops and now Prilosec. Dr. Hund is concerned that we are no longer looking at simply acid reflex and colic.Since we are not seeing any improvement with these meds that I guess normally do help. I have went off of dairy and we supplementing (well kind of, I can’t seem to get her to take a bottle very well) her with Similac Alumentum which is dairy and soy free. Non of this has helped the throwing up and screaming.

Last week we were send for a sonogram of Callie’s tummy to see if things were opening and shutting correctly, and they are!

We saw Dr. Hund yesterday (Callie is now 5 weeks old) it was at this time that he let us know that he is concerned that we are looking at something more than colic. He told me that he wanted to send her for a berry enema. I asked him what he was looking for,and he said Hirshsprung's Disease. He does not think that she has full blown Hirshsprungs, he feels that she has a short segment of this, and if conformed this will need to be corrected with surgery.

After getting home yesterday Dr. Hund personally called us. He said that he felt more comfortable sending us to s pediatric GI specialist. Meaning that we are not doing the berry enema at this time, Praise the Lord!

I am praying that this is not what she has, and that perhaps there is another way for the specialist to treat her, so that she will start keeping things down. To be honest the past five weeks are a blur of screaming, which breaks my heart that she has been so uncomfortable.

“Let everything I say and do, let it be all for You, the Glory is Yours alone." Callie is not mine, she belongs to God and I have been entrusted to guide, love, and take care of her. I am trying to be as strong as I sound. No matter what we find out tomorrow, God is good all the time and has blessed me with an amazing support system. Please continue to join my family as we pray for my sweet little angel!

We are taking her newborn pictures on Saturday evening, I am very excited!! I know she isn’t quite newborn anymore, however she is only 5 ounces bigger then when she was born! Post pictures once we get them! (Always end on a happy note, that is what I feel my students parents!)