Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful words of comfort yesterday. My Mommy guilt decided to listen to your wisdom and chill out.
So. You know how you take your car to the mechanic and it stops making “that noise”? Yeah. Kids do that, too.
At the doctor yesterday, Zac had a beautifully clear sounding chest. Clear as a bell!
Occasionally throughout the day, he’s had some congestion. But not at the doctors office, nosiree!
Sigh.
However, despite his clear chest, she did discover something we need to be concerned about: another really nasty ear infection.
Apparently there are a ton of kids running around right now, exhibiting no signs of an ear infection, but presenting with a cough, runny nose, and chest wheeze. When the doctor examines them, she finds nothing really wrong with their lungs…but they almost all have an ear infection!
So whatever nasty buggy is causing this in all these other kids decided to set up camp in Zac.
So we started him on the Rocephin shots again, and now Darrel and I are debating what to do next and when to do it.
We pretty much agree to re-trial the formula; I know, I know, you’re thinking “didn’t they JUST re-trial the formula and prove it to be unsafe?”
Yeah, we did.
However, he had only had one non-bloody diaper before we restarted the Alimentum, and it was certainly NOT baseline poo.
His diaper was also full of junk he’d scavenged from who-knows-where: bits of plastic and styrofoam, and some random things we didn’t recognize.
Further, that was the same day he came down with his cold, and maybe the same day he came down with his ear infection.
Put it together, and it just seems like there are an awful lot of things that could have contributed to our “bad” diaper after the Ali. Since we are SO desperate to have a formula for Zac, we decided to go ahead with another re-trial.
Maybe we’re stupid. Or maybe we’re so desperate we’re grasping at straws. Either way, Alimentum RTF gets one more shot.
Now the question is when to do it.
Do we give him some gut rest? Wait until the antibiotics are done and go for it immediately? How long do we wait?
We don’t know yet. We’re thinking it over.
In the meantime, there’s some sorta good news from the doctor. Zac is not only NOT failure to thrive…he’s risen to the 9th percentile according to the charts!!
Confusing , right? Especially since I’ve said he’s not gained any weight since March.
Yeah, I’m taking it with a grain of salt, too.
Today they weighed him on the “big boy” scale while fully dressed; in June it was on the baby scale while butt naked.
While I know he hasn’t gained any weight since March, he only tipped the scales at the doctors office at 19.6 pounds in June. So today’s weight of 20 pounds even was a gain, according to their scales.
For his age, that puts him at the 9th percentile.
Taking all the other things into account, I’m not convinced he’s actually a 9th percenter.
But I’m happy to believe he’s certainly somewhere between the 5th and 9th percentile, and that means he’s NOT failure to thrive no matter how the data is factored!
That makes Mama VERY happy, y’all!!
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I mentioned last week that Darrel and I are going to have a booth at a big craft show this weekend. I’m making all sorts of really cool things to sell…and I’m running out of time! Between getting things made for the show, cooking our normal meals, pre-cooking the food I’ll need all weekend, and other normal parts of life, I’m running on the ragged edge.
With the addition of having to drop everything for the next two days and spend two and a half hours driving Zac to the doctors for his antibiotic shot, well, I cry “uncle”!
If I can, I will keep writing this week, but in case you don’t see a post for the rest of the week I wanted to let you know that we are okay (or as okay as can be), I’m just desperately trying to get my ducks in order to be able to make some money for my family this weekend!
On that note, tell me some craft show stories! I’m having a hard time deciding my pricing on some things, so how do YOU decide if something is priced too high, too low, or just right when you’re shopping? What sorts of things do you like to buy at craft shows?
Everything I’m making for the show will eventually wind up on my Etsy shop, so I hope I picked wisely!
In case I’m not back before next Monday, have a great week and an excellent weekend!
I’m just now catching up on my blog reading, but I’m Glad you’re thinking about giving Ali another shot!! I hope it works out for you too! Some of our kiddos are sooo sensitive that if ALL the Right precautions aren’t taken and Everything you use to prepare trials isn’t safe, there’s an immediate fail. Throw in some animals, a cold or two, and an occasional trip to say, oh, the Zoo, and you’ve got one confused mama. As you can see, we’ve been there and done that. And I was the same way, either entirely desperate and in denial or not completely convinced and thought I could change the results lol. Turns out, that was a good thing for us, and I hope it is for y’all too!! Great news about the 9th percentile!! We’ve hit the 7-9th and while I’m ecstatic, I’m also extremely cautious bc I know one fail and a pound or so down puts us right back at the starting gate. But…I’m choosing to think the more food we can get on board that’s 100% safe, the better off we are!! It’s been our experience that A grows well and does better with just 2 safe foods and formula, than 5 foods with 3 possibly being safe with symptoms. I think we should earn an honorary degree in this stuff!!
God bless you for this! I’m so glad to hear we aren’t alone in our thinking…and that it worked out for you! That is fantastic! Yes, I think if everything is not “just so”, Zac reacts. I’m starting to feel like a masochist for getting my hopes up about Ali again, but I really hope this next time it succeeds. Thank you for the encouragement…and the reminder to skip the Zoo! LOL (The things we never would have thought were dangerous before, right?)