Something is going on with my grandson
He's 6 1/2 months old, and a couple of days ago had an episode where he threw up four times in a very short span of time. Then nothing for a few days. I even went for a short masked visit yesterday.
Well, it started again today. They went to the ER, and now he's being transferred to Children's Hospital in Colorado Springs. I don't want to bombard my son with questions because he's following the ambulance while my daughter-in-law rides along.
I'll be crazy with worry until we figure this out. He has no fever and his vitals are good, but he's definitely not acting like himself.
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.... they should track down what ails him quickly.
All you can do is wait and hear the medical prognosis. Send your boy a text and ask him to call/text you when he gets a chance.
You are a bag of nerves wondering if there is anything you can do to help them. Maybe do some cooking for them so casseroles are on hand for heat and serve.
My son first told me that they were sending my grandson up to Children's at 4:15, and the ambulance didn't pick him up from the ER until 6:15, so I'm telling myself that the fact that it took two hours for the transfer to happen means that they're not thinking it's an emergency, and just that they know he'll get more focused care in Children's Hospital.
But no, no wine for me. Cooking sounds like a good idea, but they're both excellent cooks, and I'm pretty basic. Great suggestions for most people, but we're a weird family, I guess. 
I'm just like my dad was. I know it's a waste of time, but it's hard to conquer. 
My dad died from esophageal cancer, so I kind of panic thinking about anything having to do with the esophagus. My dad never smoked, and my mom used to say that she thought it was caused by all of the coffee he drank. (And here I sit with my morning coffee.) He used to drink an entire pot in the morning, and then more later in the day. I don't do that.
Thank you for throwing that out there. I'd like to think that doctors would figure it out, but they don't always, and I don't think it hurts to research things. I appreciate all ideas on this.
Of course doctors don't usually appreciate the medical credentials that people like me earn from using search engines. A couple of years ago I was smelling cigarette smoke all the time, and told my doctor that I had concluded that I had either a brain tumor or schizophrenia. She sort of rolled her eyes. Whatever the case, it decreased a lot, so I might have been wrong.
He's got an appointment with an allergy specialist in Denver a week from Monday. He's still not himself, but he hasn't been throwing up. My son is really thinking it's that FPIES (Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) is a type of non-IgE mediated food allergy that can present with severe vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. Like other food allergies, FPIES reactions are triggered by eating a particular food), but he didn't have any other symptom other than vomiting and he was very lethargic.
I'm betting they won't be giving him any food other than from nursing until they hopefully get answers from the allergy doctor. They're going to take his older brother, who is four, to see that doctor too because his seasonal allergies are awful. I reminded my son that his oldest, who is 16, also had bad seasonal allergies when he was little. He's better now that he's older.
Thank you so much for asking. I'll be nervous about this until we get definitive answers.
He prescribed Zofran is case of nausea, and they have an appointment with a nutritionist. My daughter-in-law sounds pretty nervous about it all. She's just a super mom. I think the world of her, and my other DIL too.
Thank you for asking.
