Forfeiture

Sometimes as a mother I look back at some of the choices I've made or reactions I've had and cringe. Those who know me know I refer to this as "forfeiting the mother of the year award". I usually do this several times a year. Don't get me wrong, I know mistakes are to be made, but there are those bigger ones, like I said, that make me cringe. Like the time I heard some strange sound come from Mary Ella's room in the middle of the night. There was no crying, so I didn't go check on her. Well, I went in the next morning to find she had gotten sick and vomited in her bed...then fell back asleep. GUILTY! Then allowing Addy's condition to persist for 2 months under the assumption that she had a fissure causing the bleeding (even though in my heart I knew that was not the correct diagnosis). Again...GUILTY! The one that takes the cake is Mary Ella getting attacked by fire ants in her bed (way too long of a story, but it was bad). I could go on and on, but what is the point about living in the past, right???? Well, we went to the allergist this week and did some very limited skin testing to find she does not have IgE-mediated responses to everything but eggs. That means most of this is an intolerance...very good news because her gut should eventually mature and grow out of this. However, when the doctor looked in her ears, he notice a lot of fluid in her right ear. Anyways, they did a tympanagram and the result......a flat line.....THREE times. AhhHaah, come to think of it, she has been tugging on that right ear and having some balance difficulties. You would think I'd catch on to this. So she is on Omnicef to try and hopefully it clear up. Hindsight is always 20/20, isn't it?

Good news is because of the positive outcome of the allergy testing the gastroenterologist wants to challenge Addy with whole milk instead of Nutramigen on March 5. I am holding my breath because realistically we don't think she will be able to tolerate it due to the "chicken episode". It is definitely worth a try and we can certainly hope and pray Addy's gut has matured enough to handle it. After all, many kiddos with this condition seem to get better spontaneously. It would be so great if we are able to go to milk vs. Nutramigen. I might just do some celebratory "silly" dance when that happens (and, no, it won't be pretty).