that awful word that won't leave us alone - reflux

Remember my post stating that we were off the reflux meds and doing wonderful? The reflux is back and bad as ever. I follow many preemies who have it much worse so I am not complaining, but I was quite happy to finally put this behind us, but I guess it was not to be.

At Hailey's 2 year check up her ped asked that we take her off her reflux meds within a months time because by the age of "2" she should have grown out of it. Remember, we were told this at the age of 1 as well, no such luck. Well, around the 20th of September we stopped the meds and about a week later I was happy to report she was doing wonderful and this continued for about a month. Why, I am not sure, but around the end of October the symptoms starting sneaking up again. Gagging, spitting up, coughing, stuffy nose, waking up in the middle of the night crying. As the days go on the symptoms are getting worse so I called the ped to see if we could re-start her meds. She did restart them so hopefully we will notice improvement soon, but she is referring us to a gastroenterologist in Boston. I have mixed feelings about this because on one hand I just wish it would go away, but on the other hand I am hoping we can get this under control. She also still has bowel issues I hope to discuss all lasting issues and maybe come up with a solution. Her appointment is Tuesday, November 27th so I will update once we know more.

Lately, she has taken quite an interest in doctors and "boo-boo's". In the past couple of months, I had two small surgeries to remove a mole from my back (thankfully it came back non-cancerous), my mom had foot surgery and Hailey, of course, had croup so she has been surrounded with boo-boo's and doctors. She talks about going to the "doctor man" all the time and enjoys taking her babies to the doctor, she also loves to ask for bandages to be put on her hand. Hopefully, this "doctor man" visit will be a pleasant one!