Update on Kailer's GI Appt

Well most of the appointment consisted of the Dr telling me everything I already suspected or confirming my suspicions that I told her. It was kinda like Here's what I think and what I did doc and doc says yup you were right and your doctor was wrong. *where did I sign up to be a dr? I must have slept through med school*LOL

The GI Dr suspects that Kailer had the rotavirus which caused the severe diarhea. She explained that the virus damages the small intestine inside of it and that is why he seems to be reacting to protiens in milk etc. because his intestine is damaged and trying to heal. She said I did the correct thing by pulling everything from my diet as that allows him some more time to heal. She told me I no longer have to be on the total elimination diet, but she recommends I steer clear of straight cows milk. She said she thinks that cooked milk (cookies, bread etc) should be ok but things like milk, sour cream etc especially in large amounts could upset his stomach. She told me the green poo indicates diarhea and bacteria more then a food allergy. She agreed that the mucus in his diaper was NOT ok and she was surprised his dr didn't test any stool samples during all of this. His blood tests all came back great, although one of the tests that indicates allergies was elevated.. DUH... sigh She said since he comes from such a strong allergy background (daddy, mommy, grandparents, great grandparents) there is a chance that it could be allergies and she thinks that could very well have been Kaeden's problem as an infant instead of the stupid colic the dr kept passing it off on. I think it's time to find me a new dr. This GI dr wasn't my favorite lady, but she seemed to know what she was doing. She told me if we decide to use any formula we need to use allimentum.. YIKES it's $25 a can! OWIE. I think I'll just control my diet She did give us a free sample in case we wanted to try it out and gave us the green light for solids when I want to give it to him. Just warned us to be extra careful with the introduction to watch for reactions. I feel so horrible today though. Thurs when we found out we had the GI appt I went off my elimination diet in hopes of having him react while we were at the appt. Guess when he decided to react?? Last night and all morning sigh Poor baby is miserable and now I'm feeling like a giant POS since I know I inflicted this on him. I'm kinda surprised it took this long for him to react though!! I'm hoping this means that in small doses (I went overboard on the milk/dairy on purpose) I can still have my cheese here and there provided he handles it ok.

That's most of the update. I'm just thankful he ended up being ok! I am angry that his dr did not test for this virus after the repeated dr appts in regards to this water poo. Most babies end up hospitalized from this virus from what I hear and am very thankful Kai made it through like the tough little trooper he is without ending up in the hospital, but what if they'd been able to make him feel better throughout all of this? I'm just angry that this was ignored for so long, and by the time we did get into the dr he was practically healed. He has not gained hardly any weight since Mid Dec. Shortly after Dec 13th (the day Quintin was born) Kailer weighed 12lb even. It is now Feb 21st TWO FULL MONTHS later and he is weighing in at 12lb8oz. Hmmm 1/2lb weight gain in 2 months is just not a good thing. The good news is that he has gained back the 2 oz that he had lost during all of this. The GI Dr explained it to me that all of his nutrients have been going towards healing his intestine instead of packing on the fat and he should start slowly gaining again. I sure hope so! I feel like such a bad mommy when I look at him and he looks so tiny compare to all other babies his age and I KNOW something is bothering him. It would be a different story if he was just a "small" baby.

Thx for listening and for all P&PT sent out to him.


Now onto the rest of our day yesterday. We had a wonderful trip to Spokane and stopped to visit Steven's brother Tony and his family. Wow little Sami is getting so big! I can't believe he'll be 2 in June!!! He seemed to enjoy playing with Kaeden and Kailer. Kaeden got to go outside with Uncle Tony and turn on the the police car lights and siren which he thought was very cool! we stuck around and had dinner with them and got left quite late LOL But it was nice to see them. We also shopped before the appt at Costco and spent a small fortune, but we now should have meat to last us for a very long time! LOL Thank god for my paycheck and tax returns LOL Well time to get some housework done since I'm home with 2 sneezy runny nosed boys today.

We have an appointment

I updated on my Aug 02 boards so I'm going to copy and paste my post here to start ;)


So looks like I'm having hyperactive thyroid issues again UGH. I have been "stable" for 1 1/2yrs or so now and then Sun night started having mini anxiety attacks and felt worried like something horrid was going to happen. I went to the Dr on Mon and asked for them to draw my blood and check my thyroid. Got the results today and sure enough I'm way off. Normal is .35-5.5MAX and I'm at 25.9 UGH Maybe I"ll lose a little weight LOL Gotta have a perk to feeling like crap right!?!?!?! This also explains the horrid hairloss I'm having again. I thought it was post pregnancy related but now I'm sure it's thyroid related. Onto Kai. We're taking him to see a GI specialist in Spokane on Monday at 2:15. I had cut out all foods but oatmeal, peas, carrots, apples, and rice and he is doing GREAT! Poops have slowed to 1 every other day or so and a few of them have been "normal" consistency and almost n ormal color! Like an orangish yellow instead of this army green snot stuff. Because I want the GI to see how he reacts as of today I've gone off my total elimination diet and we'll see how he does this weekend. Last weekend I cheated and had a sub sandwich and pizza and he did have a mucusy diaper which leads me to believe he reacted definitely to one of the ingredients into my "naughty" foods. I think the reason he didn't get too grumpy on me is because his tummy has had time to heal while I"ve went onto this diet so the small cheat didn't hurt him since he was not previously irritated. I feel bad to try to make him sick by Monday but I want this specialist to see what happens to him and why I wanted to see a specialist. My Dr does not think his problems have anything to do with my diet and especially after this new TED (total elimination diet) I'm really thinking he's nuts and I'm the right one here. Gosh it sucks that I"ve gotta be self diagnosing me and my son AARRGGHHH. I don't know if GI docs do anything in regards to a food allergy but this is a lady doc we're seeing and I"m hoping when I explain everything to her I'll be able to get a referral to an allergist. I really think he's ready to start some cereal or foods but am terrified with his sensitive tummy to do anything before I talk to someone who knows what the heck they're talking about!

Onto the rest of the day... After 2 great days at the new babysitter Kaeden had a not so great day today. This week was the boys' first week with their new babysitter Amanda. So far they've both done very well and have had great reports. Unfortunately tonight she told Steven that Kaeden got "three out of 5 stars" today.. UGH He hit one of her daughters (she has 2 little girls that are two and three yrs old) and then he wouldn't stop running and jumping around and got a 3min time out. I sure hope this isn't a trend that continues! I don't pay her well enough to have my children misbehave LOL She's watching them for less then 1/2 what a regular daycare would charge me and I can't afford to pay a penny more! Let's all hope that Kaeden just had an "off" day today and will go back to being good tomorrow! He is grounded tonight from his playstation Power Rangers game because of his behavior at Amanda's, I'm hoping that tomorrow if I remind him when he gets dropped off that he lost his game tonight he'll think twice before ignoring her 10-15 times in a row. IMO she asked way too many times and was too patient, but I'm sure she doesn't want us to think 'badly" of her if he comes home thinking she's mean. I've given her permission to punish him as she sees fit, whether that is spankings, time outs or no tv, whatever she thinks needs done in the situation.

Kai is sitting on Daddy's lap chatting up a storm right now and chewing on his toes and pulling his socks off. He's getting so "big" and grown up! Saturday night Feb 11th Kailer had his first REAL laughs. we were trying to go to bed and Kaeden was talking to Kai while I had him on my shoulder trying to pat him to sleep. Kaeden kept clapping his hands together and then crashing them into the bed and saying "boom". next think I know Kai gave two itty bitty laughs. Then two more. Then everytime Kaeden would do the "boom" Kai would break out in laughter and then stop until big brother "boomed" again. He did this for approx 1/2 hour before we could get them both to settle down and go to sleep. How perfect is it that Big brother was the first person to get real laughs from the baby? It's all beginning now ;) The long late nights of telling the boys to be quiet and go to sleep, the baby brother looking up to big brother and wanting to say and do everything just like him.... I just love it and am so excited to watch them grow together.

Also adding a few pics from the weekend of the kiddos. :) Did I mention that Quintin is now almost the same size as Kai?!?! Signing out now to cook dinner and enjoy Survivor!!!

Just another pic

Just wanted to add this other pic of Kaeden's horrid haircut, new haircut pics to be posted after the weekend ;) My memory card is totally full on my camera right now and we're heading out the door to visit Gma and Jared and Tammy.

Ever wish you didn't get to say "I told you so"?

Soooo Usually when you tell someone "I told you so" it's with great satisfaction that you're correct about whatever it was you told them. Unfortunately for me I can now say I am NOT pleased to say the words "I told you so". This evening I was telling Steven that we really need to get Kaeden a haircut as it's just shaggy as ever. He informed me he could do it himself with James' clippers no problem. They're great clippers, have the best guides and it'll be so easy to just cut his hair really quickly. I argued with him about this for about 30min and finally told him to go for it if he really thought he could do it but I was very concerned about the outcome and did NOT want my son to have a buzz cut. He reassured me it would be no problem and called Kaeden to the kitchen. Immediately Kaeden began crying that he did not want his hair cut and carrying on. I told Daddy that the lady that cut his hair last time had a hard time doing it and she was a PROFESSIONAL and I did NOT think this was a good idea. Once again he told me it would go fine and I think his feelings were getting hurt that I was so doubtful..... Well, I was right. As I knew I would be... Kaeden's hair has been butchered. It's long long long on top, shaved super short on the sides only, looks like he's going for a mohawk in the back. Not to mention Kaeden screamed bloody murder through the whole ordeal. *sigh* they say Mommy Knows Best for a reason ya know ;)
Steven promises me tomorrow he'll take a lunch and Kaeden and him will go get this little problem fixed at the hair salon. I sure hope this is true! We're going to Chuck E Cheese this weekend and I do not want all of the pictures of Kaeden's 2nd time at CEC to have this butcher cut!!! I hear Steven and Kaeden talking in the bathroom and he just said "I should have listened to your mom... Mom told me.. (and I can't hear the rest) LOL". This is one of those moments I was really hoping I would not have the opportunity to say those 4 little words that are usually so satisfying.

Onto other things. Kai went in and had blood drawn yesterday morning for his appt with the GI doc. He was a trooper and didn't even cry for the first blood draw. The 2nd one he cried for about 5 seconds and then was a little tough guy the rest of the time sitting quietly while they took a ton of blood! Not sure what all they are testing for but I hope they figure something out for me!! I still think I'm right and it's food allergies. I'm down to eating only peas, oatmeal, rice cakes, rice, apples, potatoes and carrots. It's a boring diet but Kai seems to be doing MUCH better! His fussiness has eased up a ton, he actually smiles when we talk to him now and can be entertained without a boob in his mouth ;) It's awesome. He's still pooping liquid but it's down from 5-10 times a day to 1-3-5 times a day.

Steven's now sweeping the kitchen... asking me... "So did you learn your lesson Jen?" The nerve of this guy~! LOL He's lucky I don't take those clippers and do some serious damage to him ;)

Well gotta get going now, Kai is starting to grump and still have to pump for bottles tomorrow!!!