Trial and Error....

I just have to vent my frustration with medicine and doctors!! As I have written about before, Hayley is not a sleeper!!! Never has been since we brought her home! We finally discovered that some of her problem were due toAcid Reflux . We had to take her to a specialist at downtown and she was put on Prilosec! She has taken it for four and a half months now....! Still not sleeping. So.. when we were on vacation at the beach.. I wasnt as religious about giving her the med. We were busy and totally off schedule. She seemed to start sleeping better. I decided to wean her off of it and amazingly she started napping and sleeping better through the night! Well after four weeks or so of not taking it she slowly started showing signs that she needed to be put back on it. She started coughing alot, grunting and making really sour faces, as if she tasted something bad! She also started getting the hiccups like she did when she was tiny (lasting 20 min or longer). So I decided that she needed to go back on it despite the lack of sleep!!
The prilosec is a compound that only certain pharm. can make. I always knew it was made with Cola flavoring. I finally starting thinking that the cola flavoring could have caffeine in it which is keeping her up! So I asked my pediatritian and he was certain it didnt have it in there. Then I went to get her refill and asked the pharmacist. Sure enough it is a ingredient in the flavoring. So after all this time I have been thinking that my child is a horrible sleeper... it really might just be the meds!! I feel like a horrible parent for not noticing this sooner!! I am going to try and have them remix her meds in a different flavor and hope for the best!!!

OK... six hrs later I am getting back to this entry after having jinxed myself complaining about DRS. Hayley had some type of reaction today where she broke out in hives, had watery eyes and runny nose!! It scared me so bad that I immediately drove her to the Dr. office! We had to wait about 2hrs for her to be seen, but I felt better being there in case something went really wrong. Well, the Dr. doesnt seem to know what is wrong, or what caused the reaction. He said that they could do a blood test to see if she is allergic to cows milk, wheat, or corn, but they have to draw blood from a vein. He said that it is very hard to get blood from veins of babies, but we could try it! I really hate to put her through all that and then ot get enough! Not to mention that it would break my heart to try and hold her down!!! I have decided to take her back to the specialist on Sept 2nd to see if they can figure it out!!! I have been playing detective with all of this for six months now and I just want to make her feel better.....and sleep!! I will keep you all posted!!!