I have been avoiding blogging about Thursday's trip to Gundersen, in fact I am trying to pretend it didn't even happen.
When I stepped in the door (which is upstairs) to the center I could hear blood hurling screams from Harrison coming from the toddler room (which is downstairs). His teacher Jaclyn (whom I love by the way) was doing her best to console him. He cried the whole way home (which is only 5 minutes, but felt like five hours). By this time Doug had a call into the ENT doctor and primary doctor as we have been seeing Harrison like this for several days, but this had only been occurring in the evenings/night.
I felt so bad for him he continued to scream and cry, which made me cry. We rocked upstairs in his bedroom until Doug could relieve me to go back to work (since I left in a panic). I cleaned up the chaos at the office and e-mailed my boss to let her know that I needed to leave early for the day because Harrison was sick. I mentioned in the e-mail that I might not have enough PTO to cover the afternoon since I will be on vacation from the 4th to the 16th. Just before I left she replied to my e-mail and said "take the time on me today." She thanked me for my work that I do and gave me pay for the afternoon. I am so grateful for this. Thank you, thank you.
The first appointment in the afternoon we had was with an ENT. Dr. Case was in surgery so we saw Dr. Overhault. I really liked him...in fact I liked him better than Dr. Case (whom I have never been a big fan of). Dr. Overhault cleaned out Harrison's ears good and flushed the tubes ensuring they were open they were in fact open. After a throughout examination Dr. Overhault could confidently say that whatever is causing the screaming/crying isn't due to his ears.
Next appt was with a pediatrician Dr. Steir (his primary Dr. Gerhard) was not in today either. I didn't care for Dr. Steir... he had an old doctor humor (which wasn't funny) and he cut me off several times as if he was in a hurry). It's so hard to see another pediatrician when my standard/expectation is so high since having Dr. Gerhard.
Dr. Steir ordered labs and a urine test. Harrison was tested for diabetes as well as he had an HUGE episode of wetness that morning. I found him drenched to his neck, his blankets, and sheets. Honestly his diaper weighed a good 5 lbs. Since he was drench I needed to get him in the bath tub....which he proceeded to pee all over the bathroom rub before he got in the tub. This was seriously the weirdest things, but I kind of brushed it off until I got this alarming call from daycare.
The results?
Lab work negative, urine labs negative. We couldn't hoped of any better news from a medical stand point...but this leaves us with an unanswered question? What is causing Harrison so much pain? He can be playing contently and just drop on the floor rolling around, kicking, screaming and crying. He does the same thing at night. He is fast asleep in bed and wakes up with these blood hurling screams that can not be consoled.
With normal urine/blood work, Dr. Steir said that he believe we are just dealing with a crabby child.
WHAT?
SERIOUSLY?
That is the best you have got? I almost told the doctor to *@$# off. How I managed to keep my cool...it must have been a miracle. We were treated like first time parents who have never seen a temper-tantrum.
Well, we maybe first time parents, but we know the difference between not getting your way and a blood hurling cry in pain.
The best part of the day's visit was talking to the nurse who said, "You know your child better than anyone else does." Thanks for the nurse I kept my sanity.
So you know what Dr. Steir take your 8 + years of schooling and 100 + years of practice and think outside the box! Just because he doesn't fit a diagnosis doesn't mean that there isn't something causing him pain!
Doug and I have spent countless hours over the past week to figure out what's going on.
Lastly at the appt were advised to give Harrison Tylenol/IB Pro fin every 4 hours switching every other dose. Funny how we were advised to give pain medication for temper tantrums. Oh, and we are also supposed to use "white noise" to help console him at night. Where was the doctor at at 4 am wake up call this morning?
Well, I have definitely made it LOUD and CLEAR that Dr. Steir didn't impress me one bit. I am thankful we see Dr. Gerhard on July 29th for his well baby check-up. I am anxious to see much he has grew length-wise. Harrison weighed in at 23 lbs 1 ounce, which is almost 2 pounds more than his appt. back in April, but every pair of his shorts (even the 6-9 month size) falls right off his butt when they used to fit.
All in all...today has been a better day. Doug called to check in at noon at daycare to see how he was doing. The staff felt like he was doing better with the exception of falling off a bike and hitting his head during playtime (he came home tonight with nice scuff to his forehead---boys will be boys.
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