Poor Baby

Changing my diet didn't help, so I called the dr yesterday and made an appointment for today. We went in to see Patty this afternoon and Titus screamed the entire time! She tried everything and nothing would calm him down. She did find that the left side of his belly seemed to hurt when she poked at it, so she picked him up and went down the hall to ask one of the Dr's there what they thought. The dr poked at him and listened to his chest and belly and said she thinks Titus has GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease). Patty has only had one other baby with this before (out of over a thousand that she has delivered). They sent us across the street to the hospital for X-Rays. Then the hospital sent us back to the dr office to wait. His X-Ray showed that his bowels are distended. On the picture it basically looked like the left side of his intestines were twice the size of the rest of them because they are swollen. She said it isn't anything that she is worried about (the distended bowels) and we are going to start by treating Titus for GERD. Thad is at the store right now getting his prescription filled. If we don't notice any improvement in the screaming by Monday, I'm suppose to call and they'll add a 2nd medicine. Patty assured us that he will be fine and that most babies with GERD are able to come off of their meds around the time they turn 1. In the mean time, she gave us a pamphlet on Colic to read up on how to deal with all the screaming and crying.

Oh, and Titus weighed 10 lbs 1 oz at this appointment. He's gained a whole pound since last week! They said he will probably get very chubby from all the comfort nursing but that it's ok and he will just burn it off when he starts to crawl and walk.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Oh, that poor little guy! It must be hard on everyone else with all that screaming too. How do they do x-rays on newborns? Any special procedures?
1:03 PM
Anonymous said…
Poor baby, poor mommy and daddy! We're praying for you and sleep for all four of you.
3:59 PM
Kim Pace said…
I hope the meds help him! How is Raquelle doing with all this? I hope she isn't adding to the crying and stress.
5:12 PM
Beckys blog said…
To X-Ray a newborn, they laid him on the table and had me hold his hands and feet in place, then lined up the machine and took the X-RAY. Another way they can do it is on this thing that looks like a bicycle seat that they strap the baby into with their arms up over their head. They used the bicycle one for Raquelle's last X-Ray (for bronchitis) and for Titus they had me hold him down on the table.
5:51 PM
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9:28 PM
Cammy said…
That's good he's doing better! I'm glad they caught it so early. I love chubby babies! He'll be a cutie-pie! : ) That's good Titus had an easy x-ray. For Alexander's x-rays they took of his neck (since he was born vacuum extractor), they layed him out with all his clothes off and literally pinned his head down with a sheet... the poor guy was so scared! They had to do it to keep him from ruining the x-rays though. I hope he's not claustrophobic when he gets older from that!
9:30 PM
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