Another allergist

Tomorrow (or today rather) we are going to take Corbin to yet another allergist.  This time Dr. Friedman.  We took Abby to him once...didn't really care for him...so we never went back.  Now we have to see him again with C.  Here's to hoping we can figure out what is up with my little man.  He is now like 25lbs...what a CHUNK!  He is the bestest little guy ever.  He is so happy and snuggly and lovey.  He loves his sisters and is just an amazing kid.  He is such a boy.  As of yet, he is still only saying Da da da da da da da and to no one specifically.  Mostly just says it.  Sometimes we get a dis or dat and even more rarely a ma or is it mmmmm...lol. 
No matter what he is my little man and I am feel so blessed to have been able to experience raising both girls and a boy.  They are each so very different. 

He's doing well

Corbin is doing about as well as we excpected!   YAY!!!  I am so happy that he is growing well, height and weight.  We are switching him to Neocate Jr as opposed to Neocate infant.  He is a big boy now!  We don't have to go back to GI until February!!!  YAY!!!  That just rocks my socks off! 

We had to do some blood work to check why is iron levels were a little low but that was it.  We checked a CBC and the liver function.  With any luck we will do just fine with those tests and not require anything more.

Another GI Appt

Tomorrow we have another GI appt.  Corbin is doing really well.  He is eating some solid foods.  He is eating peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots, white potatoes, lamb, and rice.  We are still using Neocate as the main source of nutrition.  He is 22lbs now so that is good too.  As long as he hasn't lost weight and is doing well otherwise I am hoping that we can be done with the GI specialist.  Wish us luck!

Update

Corbin is doing great.  He just turned one.  He is taking his first steps.  He can now eat peaches, carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, rice and lamb.  It is nothing short of a miracle.  We are getting a few more tests done on him, allergy wise, and hope within six months that we can get him off of the Neocate and onto something different.  He is such an amazing baby.  We love him so much. 

No foods.

 After our last bout of problems with sweet potatoes we are done.  Well, for a while.  I talked to Dr. Carine and we decided that we should hold off for a couple of months to let his belly heal.  :(  Poor guy probably won't be able to have his right of passage with the traditional birthday cake at 1.  :(  So sad.  :(

Sweet Potatoes

Another no go.  :(  His bottom broke out so badly it started to bleed.  I talked to Dr. Carine about it and we decided it would be best if we didn't try any more foods for a while.  Give his gut a chance to heal and then try again.  So that will be 2 to 3 months from now.  Yes it will be nearing his 1st bday...so that probably means no cake for Corbin.  :*(  That makes me sad.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will try Corbin on sweet potatoes.  I am expecting him to react to these too.  I guess if I expect him to react and he doesn't then I can be surprised when he doesn't react?  Dan want to try him on liquid alumentim.  I am not sure.  I am really  nervous about it.  Neocate is the only thing that he can tolerate right now and I am afraid to screw it up.  I don't think Dan realizes how hard it is on me when I have a cranky baby for 4 days every time we try something new.  I wish he would just have some faith and let us go see Dr Cheryl.  I know he is skeptical but so am I.  Although I have seen VERY good results from my friends' kids.  They couldn't eat anything and now they can pretty much eat what they want.  It was a miracle for them.  I guess I just want that miracle for my little boy.  How do I get him to understand?

That's our Brenna...

Today during nap she cut herself.  Yup, during "nap".  She went into the bathroom and was playing with my razor.  UGH!  She cut up her finger pretty badly.  After half an hour of pressure and ice I finally got the bleeding to stop.  I wish I had another adult to consult with to find out if I should get her stitched/glued. 

Apples

So I tried applesauce last night.  I was up with Corbin 4x last night and Dan was up 2x.  Not sure if it was the testing we did or if it was the apples.  So, I gave him apples again today.  We shall see what is going on.  I sure hope it isn't a reaction to apples.  I think I would cry.  :(

Allergy Testing

Today we went to Dr. Bagenstose to test Corbin for allergies.
Well, just as Amy predicted, everything came back negetive.  We KNOW that he cannot tolerate things, like alimentum and bananas so far.  But nothing came back positive.  Now we have to figure out what the next step is. 
Tonight we tried apples.  I will try them again tomorrow and see how he does.  If he is fussy or reacts with a rash or something we will need to try something else in a few days.  So we will see.

I think I would take Monday over Tuesday...

Today was another rough day in the Vogel house.
Corbin went to see Dr. Carine again. He has not been feeling well for about a week. I gave it that amount of time to see if it would go away...guess what...it didn't.
He has a second double ear infection (2nd in a month) and is wheezing.
He is on a steroid and a shot for antibiotics. Let's not forget to mention the nebulizer we were sent home with as well. Every four hours until the wheezing goes away.
I am pretty emotional about this. I wasn't prepared for the nebulizer. I knew that an antibiotic and a steroid would probably be on his list of things to get but not the neb. I thought perhaps an inhaler like the girls had...I guess he is just different.

Time to start again...

Well it is time to start this up again.
Corbin is doing well. He is now up to 18lbs and over 26" long. :)
We are now encountering food problems.
We gave Corbin bananas a week or so ago. Well, that didn't go so well.
We now have an appointment on March 8th with an allergist to see what Corbin is actually allergic to. If we find he has significant allergies we my try treatment several of our friends recommend.

The girls are doing great. They are growing leaps and bounds everyday.
Abbie is loving her V. Smile games and is attending AWANA weekly.
Brenna is a very vivacious 2 year old and likes to explore EVERYTHING! :D