What a rough couple of weeks little Emily has had! Yesterday when I called to check on her, Miss Amanda told me she'd had diarrhea all day again, and just wasn't acting like herself.
I called her pediatrician's office and they told me if I could be there by 4:30, they'd work her in yesterday afternoon. I left work, picked up Emily and got to their office right at 4:30. After almost an hour, a doctor came in and agreed that 10 days was too long for her to continue to struggle with diarrhea on and off. She decided to get a sample for testing, thinking that this could be bacteria or even a parasite. She also advised us to switch to soy formula, and told us about a kind specially formulated for treating diarrhea.
The doctor also wrote another prescription for an antifungal cream, since Emily now has a yeast infection as a result of the diaper rashes!
We bought the soy formula, and Emily drank her bottle last night like she was completely famished! She was in bed asleep by 6:30, woke up around 4:30 this morning and ate, and then went back to sleep.
She had a great morning, so we were optimistic that maybe the problem was lactose intolerance all along. She had a good day all day today with no diarrhea!
Maybe the soy was the answer all along!
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