I'm telling you... this mom thing, not easy.
Josh got sick again last night... 2:00-7:30. Oy. The thing that gets me is that he was just sick 2 weeks ago and 2 before that. The sickness in December was a virus. June and Jim had it too. 2 weeks ago seemed like something he ate and the verdict is still out about last night, but my hunch is that it was food related too.
Each time I go through my head and think about what he's had the day before. I can't speak for the summer/fall illnesses specifically but I know that the 2 nights o' puke in January were preceded by a normal, even bland, diet. *but* I believe that both times he had orange juice. I know oranges don't go well for Josh so he doesn't eat them but from time to time I give him way diluted OJ. He had 2 cups full last night and I remember him having OJ 2 weeks ago too. Honestly, because I usually steer him clear of it, I think the only times he's had orange juice was the 2 nights that he got sick.
So my wheels start turning and I delve into Dr Google. What did I find today? Fructose Intolerance/Malabsorbtion. It explains more than just the acute vomiting but also, excessive sleepiness which he's had in the past and malabsorbtion. Even when he was doing pretty well with being off milk, his blood still came back with signs of malabsorbtion. This would fit that missing piece. The more I read, the more I'm sold on fructose malabsorbtion. We'll see what Dr. H has to say in February.
Here is the best info I found:
https://health.google.com/health/ref/Hereditary+fructose+intolerance
http://www.allergyadvisor.com/educational/sept2002.htm
http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp#common
We have an appt in February and need to get blood work beforehand. I'm going to do the blood work soon so that if it comes back "funny" they can test again before the appt *and* I'm going bring up this possible new intolerance.
The amount of puke that has decended upon out house has baffled me and maybe this is it? One can hope. In the meanwhile I have something new to worry about with Josh. Whenever something like this comes up I worry about what I've "done" to Josh by not catching all this sooner. I do need to remember that we started with specialists when he was 15 months old to track down what was wrong but it still nags at me that there could be something going wrong inside his little body and I still don't know what it is.
When Josh was born, I asked "why you?" Jim and I didn't prevent pregnancy so the first possible time that we could get pregnant with baby2, we did. I wondered why God chose Josh for me, for us,... it was an amazing feeling and though. I didn't expect it to manifest itself in this way but maybe Josh is here to teach me something... he is different than June and we'll see where Elizabeth falls, but he's unique and is constantly pushing me to stretch my comfort zone, go beyond the normal, and think outside the box. I just hope that what is discovered for Josh isn't ever something devastating. That nags at me to but hopefully that's just mommy guilt being overactive. *sigh*
Aaaaaaand he just threw up again, so maybe it's a virus. My worry for Josh doesn't leave but maybe today is less chronic issue and more acute virus?
God grant me the serenity...
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