I really hope this does the trick.

I think this picture is really, really funny. I did a Google search for images associated with Prevacid, and this made me laugh so hard that I just had to put it on my blog.

Anyways. Took the Gagemeister to the doc today. He thinks it's acid reflux, but they're going to do a test on Friday to see if there's something physiologically wrong, like pyloric stenosis or a stomach that's twisted around, or something like that.

They took his blood, which was hard for me to watch. I mean, I didn't watch the needle go in (I couldn't), but I had to hold him while they stretched out his skinny little arm, tied that harsh rubber rope thing around his bicep, and then sat and tried to poke around for a vein. The lab lady was training a phlebotomist. We got the trainee. Gage's arm is going to be black and blue tomorrow. Sigh. People need hands-on experience in cases like this, so I understand. But not on my kid. :)

So we'll get the blood test results tomorrow, and then the GI test results on Friday afternoon. Until then, the doc is having me put Gage on Prevacid. They were supposed to have called it in to the pharmacy, but when I went tonight (several hours after we saw the doc), the pharmacist said they hadn't called it in. So I called and left a message. And the doc's office called me back and said that they sent the prescription via fax several hours ago. So now I have to call the pharmacy again. I love it when I have to help people to do their jobs. :)

So we'll see how it goes. I really worry that his barfing has led to some other problems. For instance, the doc checked to see if Gage is holding his head up, and Gage isn't doing so well in that department. When the doc lifted him up from the table, Gage wasn't holding his head very well - it was drooping a bit. When the doc put him on his tummy, he wasn't lifting his head. And when he held him straight up, Gage's head bobbled around a little bit. So I'm freaking out, like, "He is barfing, so he's not getting enough nutrition, and he's not taking very good naps, probably because he's hungry because he barfs up too much, so now he's going to get developmental delays!!!" Because that's exactly what happened to Micah, folks. He wasn't getting enough food, therefore he was hungry, therefore he wouldn't nap enough, therefore he now has a developmental delay.

I just feel like a really bad mother. It seems crazy that three out of my four children had feeding problems as newborns. Sadie was my only normal eater. So is it coincidence, or am I doing something horribly wrong???