the beginning

I have a minute  right now so I thought I would tell a little more of our story. Bethany is almost 15 months old and she has been sick since August 4th. It started as a viral illness will fever and diarrhea.  The fever lasted a few days but the diarrhea never went away. After weeks of diarrhea she progressed to vomiting. We saw the allergist for a previously scheduled appointment and she suggested we see the GI specialist. We of coarse saw the pediatrician because Bethany was so sick for so long. The day we saw the GI doc she admitted Bethany. We spent 5 days at the hospital mostly so she could get tube feeds to catch up on her nutrition and hydration. She also had an upper and lower endoscopy. Those both showed nothing abnormal. She was starting to improve and seemed to be hungry so we went home. The next day the diarrhea returned with a vengence. The following day the vomiting came back. After Bethany puked for the third time I deciced we were going to the ED. So we drove the 50 minutes to the hospital.She threw up again in the ED. Since we have been back she has had an IV placed, another NG dropped and had a small bowel follow through series of xrays. She has been such a trooper. She hasn't touched her NG since it was placed yesterday. We may have to take her home with the NG but I'm a nurse so I'm ok with that.

back at the hospital

So here we are back at the hospital. We came through the ED this time. Bethany hasnt been eating or drinking today. The diarrhea has continued and this evening she started vomiting. So back in Goes the NG tube. More to come, they just brought her back

Day # 1 Gluten Free

Today was day one of our gluten free trial with the baby, Bethany. And what do you think I bought? The wrong kind of pasta! Oh well. I didn't actually feed it to her, so at least I have that going for me. Bethany is 14 months old and is having major GI issues and is unable to gain weight because of it.

We were just in the hospital for 5 days trying to figure out what is going on. She had an upper and lower endoscopy. We haven't recieved the results yet but after the explosive diarrhea she had today we need to try something. So gluten free it is. She also has a milk allergy so it's going to be quite the adventure for us.