Progress

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Baby E is definitely on the mend. She seems to be feeling well, and the diarrhea appears to be gone.

Interestingly enough, after a day or two of eating mostly brown rice and meat (that seemed to be the most gentle on E's stomach, and it was what sounded good to both of us), I'm also feeling much better. Today, even though I got very little sleep last night, I was less fatigued and felt better than I have for weeks.

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I called Baby E's pediatric GI specialist again today, since I hadn't heard back from them more than 24 hours after I left the message about E's bad mucousy diarrhea. The nurse said that she was still making her way through messages from the day before. She said that "we aren't ignoring you on purpose," but that the GI specialist was trying to do some research and gather information to try to figure out where to go next with Baby E. It makes me feel a lot better to know that she is working on trying to figure something out for Baby E. It would have been great if they could have called to tell me that a little sooner. :)

I also called the pediatrician and made appointments for AJ and M&M. It's been a while since I've checked in with him about their issues, and since they are still ongoing and seem to possibly be getting worse, I want to ask him about them again.

My own doctor referred me to a GI specialist (not the same one E sees), and I have an appointment with him next month. It will be interesting to see what he thinks.

Finally, and possibly most importantly, we've made an appointment for the elders of our church to spend some time praying with/for us next week. That will be very good. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm very thankful tonight for the good improvement we're seeing, and for supportive family and friends (including bloggy friends).