Channing has been having a small issue. We have noticed that after he eats a bottle he will spit up a good amount of it afterwards. This has made me extremely worried that something is wrong but I am not quite sure what since he is not crying when it happens and doesn't seem upset by it. I decided to have it checked at his 8 week appointment. When we meet with Dr. Vert she said it was possible he could have acid reflux or could have a problem with one of his tubes not opening and closing right which would cause the spit up. She switched us to a new and very expensive formula to try to see if that would work and if it didn't then she wanted to send him in for an ultrasound. We were to wait a week and see if he was doing any better with the new formula. Well when we went back for the check up it hadn't gotten any better so they decided to go ahead and set up the ultrasound.
We took Channing to Cooks Children hospital for the ultrasound. He couldn't eat 4 hours before the procedure just to make sure his system was empty. Once we got back to the room they made him drink a lot of sugar water and burp him to make sure there was no gas blocking the view. We were not there for very long and she said she would have the results to our doctor by the end of the day or the very next morning. Now was just the waiting game.
The next morning we got the call from the doctors office to tell us he has acid reflux and needs to be put on two different perscriptions to help him with the spitting up. She said he will more than likely out grow it by the time he is 1 or before he turns 1. We were so thankful it wasn't the tube problem because that would have required surgery and I am pretty sure that was something I would not be able to deal with!
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu
