Okay all of you moms out there, I need help with this one. Maddox has the "It" again. That is how we have oh-so fondly named this horrible stomach ailment that he keeps coming down with. "It" is the very same illness that ruined our family trip to California. Here's the deal:
"It" began in April and lasted for almost 3 weeks until our doctor finally treated Maddox for giardia. We assumed he picked up something at the petting zoo, one of his favorite places, and ate it. He does that. Weird, I know. Anyhow, "It" gave him almost constant diarrhea and then nighttime vomiting. The Dr. treated "It" and "It" left. Three weeks to the day of the giardia treatment, "It" returned and lasted only for one day. Exactly three weeks after that, another appearance of the "It". And now, exactly 2 weeks after that, well, we are sitting home washing his sheets, comforter, towels, and Maddox is finally sleeping. Maddox, "It" and I were up all night long and I had to cancel my trip to Boston for today to attend my grandfather's wedding. We have taken cute little cups of poop to the hospital lab for analysis and they have tested for all types of bacteria, parasites, etc. No luck. All negative. "It" is a squirrelly, slippery problem, apparently. Ew. No pun intended on the slippery part. But seriously, my pediatrician has no clue what to do for "It" at this point.
So has anyone ever seen or heard of something like this? I know my kids tend to have health issues that border on bizarre but this one is just really puzzling. We can't get in to see the pediatric GI specialist until September. That means, on the current schedule, at least 4 more rounds of "It". I can't handle "It". I would post pictures of "It" but I think that would be a little overboard. Suffice it to say that whatever "It" is, you don't want "It", you don't want to be in the same room as "It" and, as a smell sensitive person, I can attest to the fact that I have never in my life smelled anything else like "It." HELP! "It" stinks!
8 comments:
Seriously Mish - as if you weren't already in the running for mom of the year. The latest "IT" virus SO put you up as the front runner. Any mom that has to deal with vomit and diarrhea that many times in a month deserves some sort of a medal. I wish I had a magic solution but I don't have a clue. I can say that Trav had a parasite on his mission and he had constant diarrhea (TMI??) and lost a bunch of weight so a parasite seems the most logical.....good luck!
Hahaha, ok so loved this post. But what I loved more was that when I was done reading this post, I looked at the last post you wrote that the title is, " I'm 'IT' ". Haha, ok sorry, thought that was a little funny.
Okay, that IS funny! I am not "It". Just IT. Yikes.
I am sooooo sorry. It's like one of those Groundhog day nightmares. Just FYI Eden got something like that last summer around the same time that whole crypto thing was going around. She lost 5 lbs and when the doctor finally let me bring her in I begged for the antibiotic they were giving for crypto, it worked. Good Luck!
Good luck with "it". I wonder if you can get an earlier appt if you just take Maddox to the clinic's reception area and "wait" for someone to not show up. Then when there's an "accidental" outburst of vomit or poo the receptionist could probably see you a little sooner. No one wants those smells in their waiting rooms or restrooms. Peer pressure could work to get you out of the sights of receptionists and into the sights of the specialist.
that funny about your earlier posting title, I'm "it"! Good luck at the doc today. I will call you to see how everything turned out.
poor little guy. that's just so weird. and nobody knows what's going on? i tell you what, that peay blood has some crazy stuff running through it. ;)
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