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hkellickSo.. K is in Buffalo with Adiral Squirm, and I'm in Reston, alone, with the cats.
There's "ah, I can relax" quiet and there's "AUGH! TOO QUIET!" quiet. The house is far more the second than the first.
On the plus side, I probably slept more soundly last night than I have in weeks. So.. there's that!
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So.. when I posted Friday, I was feeling hope. SOMETHING was clearly working, whether it was the hypoallergenic formula or the kiddie antacid, I didn't know, but the boy kept most of his food down.
However.. there was a problem with one of his medications, the Reglan. Reglan is supposed to help him digest his food faster so less food stays in the stomach (and he digests more, faster). However, there are some potential ugly side effects to Reglan, including irritability, tics, and, for young children, possibly putting them to sleep.
It was putting him to sleep. At first, we thought he was just catching up on sleep. It had been a tough few days (why I stayed home Wednesday.) But then, Wednesday afternoon, we gave him the Reglan, tried to get him to eat thirty minutes later and he was out like a light....and then stopped breathing for two seconds. So.. off to the emergency room we went.
On the plus side, I guess I really got to SEE the emergency room. The last time I was there, my gall bladder was explodifying. It was a tense couple hours, but the doctor did see the Reglan at work, ended up talking to the GI Specialist's on call who told us to bring the dosage down. Oh, and the not breathing may have been his body protecting him from trying to spit up with his mouth full of milk.
So... K stayed home Saturday and we waited 24 hours to see if the new dose of Reglan helped, but it didn't. He was still going to sleep. So we called the on-call again and the on-call just took him off the Reglan.
By Saturday, he seemed mostly better. He was still spitting up a bit, but less than he had been, so they agreed that they could travel to Buffalo Sunday.
As they left Sunday, I realized just how tense the week had been, and how tired, mentally, I was.
So.. now I have a vacation, of sorts. Though I miss my wife and boy. Still, it'll be good to catch up on sleep. And work, possibly.
There's "ah, I can relax" quiet and there's "AUGH! TOO QUIET!" quiet. The house is far more the second than the first.
On the plus side, I probably slept more soundly last night than I have in weeks. So.. there's that!
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So.. when I posted Friday, I was feeling hope. SOMETHING was clearly working, whether it was the hypoallergenic formula or the kiddie antacid, I didn't know, but the boy kept most of his food down.
However.. there was a problem with one of his medications, the Reglan. Reglan is supposed to help him digest his food faster so less food stays in the stomach (and he digests more, faster). However, there are some potential ugly side effects to Reglan, including irritability, tics, and, for young children, possibly putting them to sleep.
It was putting him to sleep. At first, we thought he was just catching up on sleep. It had been a tough few days (why I stayed home Wednesday.) But then, Wednesday afternoon, we gave him the Reglan, tried to get him to eat thirty minutes later and he was out like a light....and then stopped breathing for two seconds. So.. off to the emergency room we went.
On the plus side, I guess I really got to SEE the emergency room. The last time I was there, my gall bladder was explodifying. It was a tense couple hours, but the doctor did see the Reglan at work, ended up talking to the GI Specialist's on call who told us to bring the dosage down. Oh, and the not breathing may have been his body protecting him from trying to spit up with his mouth full of milk.
So... K stayed home Saturday and we waited 24 hours to see if the new dose of Reglan helped, but it didn't. He was still going to sleep. So we called the on-call again and the on-call just took him off the Reglan.
By Saturday, he seemed mostly better. He was still spitting up a bit, but less than he had been, so they agreed that they could travel to Buffalo Sunday.
As they left Sunday, I realized just how tense the week had been, and how tired, mentally, I was.
So.. now I have a vacation, of sorts. Though I miss my wife and boy. Still, it'll be good to catch up on sleep. And work, possibly.
