I remember all too well cutting suppositories in 1/2 and the trying juice, removing dairy, removing everything and starting over, and finally mira.lax seems to have her regulated to an almost normal.
This seems to be a popular solution for a lot of kids these days. I hate it.
Sydney is probably my best eater. She'll mostly try anything and eats a very balanced diet. She has always loved eating salad and vegetables and eats most fruits. She doesn't eat a ton of dairy or sweets. She never ate bread....but has now found an appreciation for it :) At least I always try to feed her wheat.
Over the last year or so....she has started complaining that she feels like she's going to throw up. She runs to the toilet and cries waiting for the impending fluid to splash down below her. It never happens.
She hates feeling like this. We tried to find out what was triggering it. Was it something she ate. Before or after she ate. Exercise. Lack of sleep. ANYTHING.
There was no way to tell when it would strike.
We put her on prev.acid. hoping it was just reflux and that it would help.
She started complaining about chest pain. The prev.acid wasn't working. She still felt like she was going to throw up all of the time.
I said....enough.
We met with a specialist and they ordered an endoscopy. They didn't think they'd see anything, especially because she'd been on the prev.acid for so long. They told me that if they couldn't find anything they would diagnose her with IBS.
We had the endoscopy yesterday.
They didn't find anything.
Her follow up will be ruled IBS and I just can't wait (squealing with girlie giddy sarcasm)
Is it terrible that I wanted something to be wrong.
I just want to find the problem so that we can "fix" it.
I HATE that we can't figure this out. I HATE that she suffers. I HATE that she's on medication and probably will suffer her whole life. I accept that there's not a lot we can do. I just feel so helpless.
I always wonder why she's such an emotional mess. I can't imagine this stomach thing, the night terrors...all of it....isn't wearing on this little girl.
(sigh)
I forgot to mention to the anesthesiologist this time that, our family sometimes reacts nauseously to anesthesia. I mentioned it when she had her hernia repaired. They took precautions so I really didn't know if she would get sick or not.
She woke up feeling, ironically, like she needed to throw up. Rule of thumb....it's better to be safe than sorry.
They gave her meds
She slept and woke feeling just fine.
So fine that when we got home she ate 3 meals in 2 hrs. That's my girl. :)
Loves to you baby girl.
