So we've taken George off rice. He's had a small amount of pears last night with his reflux meds. Other than that he hasn't had anything other than his prescribed formula, pepti jnr. Which we've increased the amount of as we have decreased the amount of solids he's eating. But George is becoming increasingly miserable, mucousy, screamy... We're not reaching a baseline as I'd hoped. The doctor at Kenepuru said George does not have croup. He said there's a whole lot of mucous that is basically dripping down the back of his throat causing him to cough. He certainly does have a very runny nose - and it's mainly clear mucous that's running like a river. It just leads me to question if the obvious is right in front of us. Is it the pepti jnr? The mucous/runny nose/cough started right when George started on pepti jnr. We don't know if it is a coincidence as he also started in home care with another little boy at that time. It could just be a really prolonged cold. I'll ring George's allergist next week and ask him what he thinks. I don't know if it would be an issue to trial him on something like neocate or elecare and see if everything improves and if it doesn't then I guess we'll know it isn't the formula.
It's just so hard to have such a miserable wee boy. Blair and I are both utterly exhausted. The crying must be exhausting George too. It crossed my mind that I should start keeping a record of how often/how long George cries for in a 24 hour period. It feel like hours and hours. I wonder how long it really is?
Update 7/7/15: George does have croup, He's been given redipred which I gave him last night before bed. He had an extremely high temp (39.5) which came down with pamol but took 2 hours to come down to 37.
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