Mar
8
Malachi’s Gas
Filed Under Amy
Everyone told me you may just have a gassy baby… still, this may be true. I guess we’ll find out after our appointment today. I thought I’d write a little update here about what’s going on with little M and then I’ll update it when we find out what’s going on.
A week before Malachi turned four months old he started waking up and eating (around the clock) every two and a half to three hours. It must be a growth spurt, we thought, soon he’ll be back to at least our version of normal: sleeping 10 hours a night and eating every three and a half hours during the day. As the weeks continued to pass with no more than three hours of continual sleep a night I thought there must be something more than a growth spurt going on here.
I took him to the doctors a few times (to be honest, I felt like one of those crazy moms because we went almost every week for about a month!) and he was diagnosed with reflux. Basically with his other symptoms, I could have told you that, and I did but it wasn’t until two weeks ago that the doctors realized this. So he went on zantac and it worked for two days and then he started spitting up the medicine, great! Then he was switched to prevacid, this worked much better.
So acid reflux symptoms… gone. But he was still waking up and eating and having more gas than any little baby should have. “If I had those size farts, I would be pretty embarrasses” – Eric after hearing some of the “toots” that I worked out. Most of the time he can’t get the gas out either and we have to move his legs around in a circular motion to make it. Also, his stomach has been non-stop churning. All that to be said, his Pedi couldn’t figure out what was going on simply from listening from the outside, so they’re going in!
Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy is a visual examination of the upper intestinal tract using a lighted, flexible fiberoptic or video endoscope. The upper gastrointestinal tract begins with the mouth and continues with the esophagus (food tube) which carries food to the stomach. The J-shaped stomach secretes a potent acid and churns food into small particles. The food then enters the duodenum, or small bowel, where bile from the liver and digestive juices from the pancreas mix with it to help the digestive process.
This is the first thing they are going to do, they have to put Malachi under to perform this, and then I’m not sure what else is going to happen. To be honest, I’m pretty freaked out. I’m trying to trust God, I KNOW he is in control! I’m sure I’ll write more of whats going on inside and out once this is over. Please pray pray pray for the little man: that the Dr will have wisdom and can quickly figure out whats going on and fix it!
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