Peyton's Stomach Update

Almost immediately after Peyton recovered from her bout with walking pneumonia, she started developing stomachaches. At first we thought it was just her being dramatic but it would occur at all hours of the day but especially in the morning and at night.

We thought we figured out what it was after a few weeks when she came up positive for strep throat. But even a strong dose of amoxicillin did not completely knock out her stomach pains. It seemed like at least a few times a week or at night we were dealing with a kid who was getting out of bed because her stomach hurt (I thought we were done with the toddler years!) or a kid who didn't want to go to school because she was doubled over in pain. After about an hour or so the pains would eventually pass but they were enough that we couldn't send her to school like that most days. One morning in particular it was really bad that I thought something must really be wrong with her so I took her into the ER to get the full gamut of blood work and ultrasounds done on her. Surely there must be something really wrong.

Do you know what they came up with? Nothing! $2,000 plus dollars later it was nothing (and that's just what we paid after insurance)! They recommended she see a pediatric gastroenterologist. So off we went. The hospital missed doing a celiac test on her so she had to complete additional blood work but he seemed to think that she has a version of irritable bowel syndrome brought on by acute sickness. He recommended we flush her system out one 24 hour period which we just completed. We're back to see him next weekend but it seems the stomachaches have slowed down (except when she eats white rice - she complained of a severe stomachache after that).


Fingers crossed we're done with the stomachaches. I for one am good if I don't see any more doctors in 2020!

The scowl