Eating My Own Words....

I can admit when I am wrong  (which is quite often).  I was wrong***.  Marleigh didn't need scoped. Since we started treating Marleigh for reflux and not letting her drink juice, the change in her has been amazing.  She is eating like crazy.  We haven't done the barium swallow, but I think we will hold off, because it is clear that we have found the problem.  I am so relieved!  She has gained 2 pounds in the last 3 weeks.  That is incredible! 

I kick myself for not thinking of reflux.  I hate that she had to struggle with it for so long, but at least we're correcting it now! 


***But in my defense, something WAS wrong with her. Even though she "looked" okay and not malnourished!   ;)

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Have I ever mentioned that I can admit when I am wrong? 

About a week ago, Kade began not sleeping.  I'm talking 30-45 minute max.  It seemed as soon as we picked him up, he was okay.  I assumed it was his teeth at first.  I gave him Tylenol for the pain, and did every trick in the book (except the whole rubbing rum on his gums.... someone actually told me that people still do that?!?), but he still wouldn't sleep.  After 4 days of it, both Kade and mama were exhausted! 

Monday night after the kids went to bed, I came back into the office for a bit to work.  Marc called to say Kade was crying nonstop.  Hmmmm.... all this behavior sounded awfully similar to when he had an ear infection.  I went home and we gave him the ear drop pain meds and finally got him to sleep by laying him in his car seat (this is what the doctor told us to do when he had an ear infection).  He slept relatively well for the rest of the night.  I was convinced it was another ear infection.  Marc had mentioned that he thought it could be his asthma. 

Thinking it was an ear infection, I took him to the doctor the next day.  His ears were clear. 

After doing some thinking, I realized Marc was right.  At Kade's last doctor appointment, the doctor wanted us to try to wean Kade off of his asthma meds to see if he really needed them or not.  He originally was getting a steroid & albuterol both twice a day.  I weaned him down just getting them at night before he went to bed and he was doing great.  Well, around the time he started not sleeping, I quit giving him his albuterol.  He must have been having a hard time breathing laying flat on his back.  That is why when we picked him up and the night we let him sleep in his carseat, he did better.  He never had the horrible coughing fits like before, so it had never crossed my mind that it could be his asthma.  The doctor had said that when we trying to get him off his meds, if he started having horrible coughing fits, to just put him back on them.   We put Kade back on the albuterol, and he has slept 12 hours straight the past 3 nights. So, once again, I was wrong.  Daddy was right.  I'm so glad Marc figured it out so that we could all get some sleep again!