Almost immediately upon arrival in our room they sent respiratory therapists in to begin therapy, which involved nebulizer treatments and chest beating. He didn’t seem to mind. They had prevented me from nursing him because they were afraid he would aspirate the milk and make his pneumonia worse. I finally … Continue reading
Wednesday morning, Mr. Happy didn’t eat his usual way at 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. He only nibbled. At 6:15 a.m. he woke up screaming and wouldn’t stop. At 7:00 a.m., I took him to the living room and found he would only calm down in a few select upright positions. … Continue reading
It was the best of times, it was…the best of times! I was pregnant with my first, long-awaited, child. Any first time mother will know how terrified I felt at the prospect of being responsible for another human being, and how thrilled I was to finally become a Mother. Mr. … Continue reading
I’m going to cheat. I started this blog to tell our story and share our experiences with FPIES (and life in general)…but WOW! Is our backstory ever long! Rather than subject you to entry after entry of ‘flashback’ writing, I’m simply going to change the date of the post to … Continue reading
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