We took Brady back to the doctor again yesterday because things weren’t getting any better. Long story short, they still don’t know what’s wrong with her. They tested her for a UTI (had to cath her :(, which came back negative but they sent it off for a culture as well. Brady’s pediatrician consulted with another doctor in the practice and they have three theories. One is that the tummy bug she might have had isn’t completely gone yet. Number two is that she is lactose intolerant (like I have suspected) and my recent foray back into the land of milkshakes has upset her (although this has been going on longer than I’ve had a milkshake, just has gotten more extreme since). And number three is colic – meaning they don’t know. Apparently colic is assigned as a last ditch diagnosis when nothing else fits medically. I’ve already gone back off the dairy and the caffeine too just for good measure. I’m not ready to accept colic as the cause yet (1) because she’s too old for it – if she had colic it would have started earlier and she would already be over it by this point, (2) because I think more needs to be done (blood tests and upper GI were mentioned casually), and (3) it’s possible her medicine (Prilosec compound) isn’t working for her anymore and we need to move on to something else or increase her dosage.
The pediatrician asked me to call her back tomorrow and let her know how Brady’s doing. I’m pretty sure that the answer is going to be the same as it has been. Hopefully we can get some sort of game plan worked out so we can get her on the road to feeling better and being a happier baby!