Man...I've gotten behind on posting things on here! It's been a whirlwind start to this new year. Unfortunately, our year has begun pretty much the same way it ended...filled with sickness. UGH! And it literally started around 12:30am on New Years Day. We were celebrating the New Year with the friends in our Life Group, and Naomi woke up vomiting. We left the party early and she proceeded to throw up in the car on the way home and another time or two once we got home. She continues to have vomiting episodes off and on, 11 days later. :( The doctors are confused, as they are convinced that she does not have a virus, but can't quite figure out what is going on. The strange part is that she seems fairly okay throughout the days, but then just gets sick at night. She's throwing up her lunch (almost entirely still intact) from 12+ hours earlier, so her stomach is obviously not digesting any of her food.
They have her scheduled for an MRI of her brain for next Wednesday. And I guess we just wait and see what that shows. Otherwise, they are thinking she could have some sort of delayed gastric emptying...which can be helped with the right medicine. We are just tired of the middle of the night vomiting episodes. The lack of sleep for all of us just isn't healthy. So we're hoping to get some answers SOON. She has lost exactly 1 pound in the past month. To some, that may not sound like a lot. But for a little girl who is already toward the bottom of her charts, it's not good. She is now 19lbs, 8oz...putting her under the 1st percentile. We just hate seeing her lose weight like this, because she just doesn't have much to lose. :(
One other thing that has concerned me over the past few months is that she appears to have poor circulation. Her hands and feet are frequently turning shades of purple/blue...and are FREEZING cold. I'm not quite sure what to make of it...but something about it just doesn't sit right with me. If the MRI comes back showing that everything is okay there, I may request that she be seen by a cardiologist...to make sure there is nothing going on with her heart (blood flow).
Whatever happens, I am just looking forward to having some answers and getting my baby girl to feeling better. Aside from the vomiting episodes and being a bit cranky from the lack of sleep, she is otherwise doing very well. She is talking more and more these days...and we've been having LOTS of fun with her. :)
Isaac is doing well too. Unfortunately, he had to witness her being catheterized yesterday. It was SO sad. I had to pin her down on the table while two nurses took a urine sample. She was screaming and crying...it was awful. But Isaac was a champ. He was standing back, but watching with great concern on his face. Though he was concerned, he kept saying, "It's okay, Naomi. It's almost over. You're doing a good job!" :) SO sweet. Then after the nurses left with the urine sample, Isaac put his hands over his diaper area and said, "I don't want them to touch my penis, mommy!" ;) Poor thing! :)
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