Bransyn's appt with the specialist.

Today Bransyn had his appointment with the pediatric tummy specialist to figure out his ‘pukey issues’. After lots of questions & discussing things, Dr. Kaddu diagnosed Brans with something called ‘Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome’ which is basically, unexplained random vomiting. It can come or go at any time & last pretty much forever. It’s nothing that will hurt him, it’s just something that is not exactly fun to deal with. This is something that is kind of hard to diagnose, because like migraines, there is no testing that can be done to 100% confirm it. The reason for this diagnosis though, is because he didn’t have the right signs & symptoms of all the other possibilities (food allergy’s, illness, ect). He prescribed a medication, that if this IS what is going on with Brans, it will significantly help with the vomiting. There are 2 side effects : 1- It’s kind of like benadryl, so it will most likely make him drowsy. Which will actually be good for him, because he usually has trouble falling asleep at night. 2- It increases appetite, which will also be good for him because he is on the small side. He will have a follow up appointment on February 1st to discus s whether this medication is working or not. If this does NOT work, he will have to have some testing done to see if anything is going on in his tummy. I am REALLY hoping that this helps, because it is effecting his weight big time. He weighed 25 pounds at his 24 month appointment & he is now down to 23 pounds. A 2 year old losing 2 pounds in less than 2 months is NOT good. But since he is throwing half of what he eats & drinks up, it’s not helping him gain any weight. So I guess we will try this out for a few weeks & see how he does!