I just got back from Stella's and Isaac's doctor appointment. They saw Dr. Rupe again today since she is the doctor who's been treating the babies for their "latest" condition. We had weight checks and blood work drawn today. I'm here to tell you, blood work is no fun with two infants and only one parent. Lots of crying, nurses, pokes, and stress are involved in taking blood from a 14 1/2 month old. Stella and Isaac are on week # six of having chronic diarrhea. Isaac has it much more often (four or more times a day) than Stella (one or two times a day.) We don't have any answers as to why the babies have had diarrhea for so long or as to why they have it so often in a day. Tests have been run multiple times from stool samples and everything comes back negative. This is a good thing, but still doesn't give us the answers we are looking for.
Our next step is to visit a pediatric G. I. doctor. Unfortunately, by the time I got home from picking Carson and Owen up from preschool (closed early due to the ice storm we are having at the moment) the doctor's office was closed. I won't be able to schedule the babies' appointments until Monday, now.
I am planning to hear on some of the blood work later today. I'm thinking only positive thoughts. I really hope we can figure out what is causing the diarrhea so we can stop it. My poor babies!
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