She'll be alright!

Maddison on her first night of ECFE!

She even had a special bag with her name on it!

(thanks to my aunt and uncle who spoil my children)!

Maddison's appointment went really well yesterday. The clinic we went to is right on the edge of town and was easy to find. It took awhile to get checked in because they have a new computer system and we had never been there before.

Maddison saw the doctor and she was very nice. She talked about things that children can have if they vommit. She had reasons why Maddison did not fit most of them. Thank goodness! She felt that yes, Maddison can be vomiting because she is constipated. She also felt that since Maddison spit up ALOT as a baby that its possible she has acid reflux and it was never treated. So she now has a medication to take for 2 months for acid reflux. She did mention though if at any time Maddison was start vomiting every day then she needs to come back in right away because it could be something more serious. But since its so sporadic she is sure its acid reflux. She also said its very encouraging that Maddison shows no signs of her tummy hurting (if you touch her tummy she laughs) and she is also developing appropriate for her age!

On another note we finally got the blood test we wanted! She was rather shocked they wouldn't do blood work at our local clinic. Thankfully we had this done. Maddison's hemoglobin is low. This means she needs iron. Her red blood count cells were a bit high as well. Because she is low on iron that causes the red blood cells to go up. So once she gets more iron that will go down. This can also be the reason she always looks pale and tired. The doctor said this is serious enough that it needs to be looked at. She will take a vitamin with iron and have her blood checked again at her 2 year old check-up.

We talked with the doctor also about the Miralax she is taking. The doctor felt 5 dirty diapers for someone Maddison's age is too many. She said 2 would be plenty. The miralax is measured by the cap on the bottle we were always told to give one cap. This doctor yesterday said that one cap it too much for her. So she will be cut back to half of a cap.

I am very glad we took her. We will take her back in March for a follow up and her 2 year old check-up and then go from there.

We are very lucky this is all fixable!

Oh when I went to get her medication lastnight I almost fell over. The medication for her acid reflux is a liquid and the guy said your total is $84.00. I was like what? I have never paid more than $12.50 for a prescription. Thankfully I questioned it. He told me it was $127.00 before insurance. Ended up there was a glitch in something and when he re-ran it I didn't have to pay anything. I just had to wait 20 minutes because they had to re-label the bottle of medication.