THANK YOU for everyone who has taken Callie to the our Father in prayer. I wish you all could see my heart and just how grateful I am, as I do not think that I have ever been more sincerely grateful for prayers on our behalf. More on this in a second...
Yesterday, we took Callie to see Dr. Zayat. I can not say enough wonderful things about her, she was very personable and seemed sincerely concerned about my little girl. When she came in Callie was nursing. She told me to go ahead and finish nursing and she asked us a few questions. Upon requesting to examine Callie I sat her up and she of course threw (projectile) everything up across the room. The doctor was immediately concerned as her vomiting was followed by absolute screaming. I explained that this is what we have been doing all day for the past 5 weeks! She explained that she was concerned that we were looking at pyloric stenosis, and wanted me to take her for an upper GI that day! She stepped out and scheduled us an upper GI at 2:00 that day (11:00 now) at St. Joe. Callie could not nurse or eat anything until after this procedure was over!! Dr.Zayat explained that if this came back to be what was wrong with Callie she would need a simple surgical procedure. She asked me if she passed her newborn meconum right after birth. I told her that she had, which made he feel as though Hirshprungs was NOT what Callie has. (YAY YAY) She said that if the scan back back negative that she wants to hospitalize Callie for a few days to see what is going on. She said that I would have to stop nursing (pump and save it) and that they would insert a tub down Callie’s nose and into her stomach with a constant food drip, and run a few other tests. I asked her what she would be looking for, she told me that she thinks Callie might have a protein allergy to something. I asked her I could keep her at home and stop nursing. She told me yes, but that she would rather hospitalize her because we would get results faster and very few mothers can cold turkey nursing on their own.. especially since I told her Callie doesn’t take a bottle very well!
Kristin and I left the doctors office and went to Babies R Us to find a type of nipple my cousin had told Kristin about Sunday that she had success with her little boy taking. We found this, grabbed some lunch, and headed to St. Joe. I will be honest.. I nursed her about noon because she was screaming so badly. I figured we would be alright because the nurse said not to feed her because they wanted her to be hungry at 2:00... since she throws EVERYTHING up she is always hungry! Of course when the nurse tried to give Callie a bottle with the berry in it she would not take it! The radiologist told me to try, and all she wanted to do with me was nurse 
I asked if I could have my sister try, and they said that was fine. So Kristin tried, and with a little love and coxing she took it from Kristin!!
I have not heard results from Dr. Zayat (I have even called this morning) HOWEVER I was once hoping that this was the problem because I was hoping to get her some relief and not have to hospitalize her. I decided yesterday to stop nursing and save my milk and see if that made any difference this weekend.I have not nursed Callie since noon yesterday and the SCREAMING HAS STOPPED! She has not screamed and bowed herself backwards in pain since 4:00 yesterday. She is taking that nipple Stacy told us about beautifully (not so much from me but we will get there), and last night SHE POOPED so much that it was coming out of her dipper. From 3:00 yesterday until Kristin went home last night at 10:00 Callie had taken almost 12 ounces from her. She is still throwing up, however it does not seem to be as much! I don’t know if we have found what is wrong but I am feeling really great that the screaming has stopped and the constant rumbling her tummy was making.
The screaming has seemed to stop, however there are tears. From both Callie and myself. Stopping nursing has been so much harder than I imagined. She turns herself into me and looks at me with eyes full of tears, so then I of course join her in crying. I calmly tell her that my milk makes her sick (this pep talk is more for me) while watching her little lip puff out with heartbreak. Each bottle she takes from me gets a little easier for both of us. I have been saving my milk, however think that I will start dumping it . Pyloric Stenosis or not (which I am not thinking it is not) there is some general food that I am consuming that Callie is allergic to. I will let the doctor know about our progress when she calls today with results and see where we go from here..
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR US!
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