Better
Baby E is 19 months old. She's feeling much better today.
The apple trial was a bit like a flashback to September and October, when she was so utterly miserable. It's such a complete personality change. Her congestion also came back.
I suppose it's good to know that the extreme fussiness, behavior changes and congestion weren't just from the reflux and the aspiration.
I'm going through old posts again, trying to compile a list of the foods she reacts to and what symptoms we've seen with each. It was eye-opening to realize that the near-constant crying and non-sleeping was already going on by the time Baby E was a week old.
I sent a copy of my August 2005 notes to DH. He told me later, "I started reading through that stuff, but I had to stop because it was so depressing."
It is depressing to read.
I'm glad, at least, that we've made some progress in the last few months.
Now if only we can find a way to test the foods we need to test without seeing the miserable, antisocial, inconsolable and regressing Baby E arrive back again every time we test something.
I'm going to ask the allergist about the possibility of doing patch testing, and also whether Baby E's Zantac could have affected the results of her recent allergy tests.
I'm also going to ask the GI specialist about whether we should be considering the possibility of eosiniphilic disorders other than eosiniphilic esophagitis, the one they've already tested her for.
The apple trial was a bit like a flashback to September and October, when she was so utterly miserable. It's such a complete personality change. Her congestion also came back.
I suppose it's good to know that the extreme fussiness, behavior changes and congestion weren't just from the reflux and the aspiration.
I'm going through old posts again, trying to compile a list of the foods she reacts to and what symptoms we've seen with each. It was eye-opening to realize that the near-constant crying and non-sleeping was already going on by the time Baby E was a week old.
I sent a copy of my August 2005 notes to DH. He told me later, "I started reading through that stuff, but I had to stop because it was so depressing."
It is depressing to read.
I'm glad, at least, that we've made some progress in the last few months.
Now if only we can find a way to test the foods we need to test without seeing the miserable, antisocial, inconsolable and regressing Baby E arrive back again every time we test something.
I'm going to ask the allergist about the possibility of doing patch testing, and also whether Baby E's Zantac could have affected the results of her recent allergy tests.
I'm also going to ask the GI specialist about whether we should be considering the possibility of eosiniphilic disorders other than eosiniphilic esophagitis, the one they've already tested her for.
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Posted by purple_kangaroo at 11:56 AM[Permanent link]
3 Comments:
I hope you can find an answer. Thinking of you daily.
Er, weren't they supposed to tell you no antihistamines for at least 24 hours before the allergy tests?
Thanks, Liz.
PS, I misspoke. It was Zantac, not Zyrtec, that Baby E was on when the testing was done. Her reflux med.
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