Just kidding!

On Monday when I talked with my pediatrician they told me to call back on Wednesday to let them know what the dietitian said so I did. When I mention that she had lost another 3 oz. the nurse said that she would call the GI doc. Surprisingly calm I asked if a few days would really make a big deal. I know...what was I thinking? Of course it was a big deal but with it being the last few days of school I really did not want to take off. The nurse told me I could come in for a weight check with her just to make sure the scale was accurate and that she was still planning on calling Dr. An just to "see" what he thought.

About an hour later I got a call from my doctor saying that Dr. An's office was going to call me to make an appointment for today. WHAT!?! I am not going to lie. The fact that they wanted to see her today vs. Wednesday worried me a little. OK, maybe a lota bit. The only good thing I had going my way was that my day was super crazy. I had a lot of meetings back to back to keep me from thinking about it. I definitely had a lot of nervous energy and being in meetings actually helped keep me calm.

When I got to the GI doctors office I took her in and put her on the scale. Unfortunately, the weight from yesterday was accurate. 13lbs 4oz. Damn! (sorry but that was how I felt!) The funny thing was when that number flashed up my first reaction was to tell the nurse that weight was good. I quickly rephrased that to say it was good that the scale from yesterday was accurate and she had not lost anymore weight. I was worried!

When doctor An walked in he immediately said he hoped I did not stress out because he moved up her appt. The first thing to pop in my head was, "Wouldn't you?" What came out was of course not! He told me that after he talked with her pediatrician they decided that he should bring her in now in case they needed to do something else because he was planning on going out of town right after my appt. the following week. This would give us a good week to try some things.

As we sat down he looked at her and said that my doctor was right she was TINY. That came out of his mouth several times. When he plotted her growth a wow came out of his mouth. Now if you have ever met this guy you would love him. He is so relaxed and enjoys cracking jokes. He is great with the babies and never seems to get overly dramatic about anything. This is the kind of doctor I need to be working with so the "wow" did not offend me. He was shocked with her growth or the lack their of. She had basically gone in a straight line from where she was in January. For those of you who know what a growth chart is supposed to do hers was not doing it. She is supposed to go in a curve and it is supposed to stay in the white. She was not in the white at all.

As we sat their talking he brought up the need to figure out why she is not eating. He asked if I thought it hurt, if she wasn't feeling well, if she choked or coughed while eating. When I told her she could eat stage 2's he said that was good because that meant she did not have problems with swallowing. Then he gave me 2 options and he was ok with either option.

Option 1: take prevacid to see if it was due to reflux and come back in 2 weeks

Option 2: Do a procedure called an Endoscopy to see if she has any type of diseases in her esophagus (ex: Celiac disease). This is a 10 minute procedure and they would be able to check a bunch of things but it would require them to put her under.

Knowing that I would feel miserable if I did option 2 and they found nothing first without trying the prevacid I chose option 1. My only concern was thinking 2 weeks would be too long. He told me two weeks is actually a short amount of time and that if it didn't work we could do the scope quickly. He then said that since I still have my original appt. for next Wednesday we will keep that and if she is still losing weight we will set up the scope.

I know that he is concerned but he was wonderful at making me stay calm. He is such a good doctor and keeps you level headed.

Please keep her in your prayers that she will get over what ever bug she has now and that she will EAT.