Massive Rectal Bleeding In My 6wk Old Girl ... Posted: 11-02-05 15:55pm
I've just returned from the hospital with
my 6 wk old girl after 3 days there. On
sat. Morning I woke up and changed her
diaper and there was a small amount of
blood in it. I didn't panic, called the
Dr. And waited more than 2 hours for
their call...In that period of time, she
had another bowel movement (or I thought)
after grunting for 10 minutes, and I
changed it to find the entire diaper full
of bright red blood. No bowel movements
at all. I have never been so scared in my
life. I rushed her to the er and after 3
days of poking and prodding, my poor
little angel looks like a pin cushion.
They ran numerous tests, I saw 3 different
md's from the pediatricians office we take
her to, and a gi specialist as well.
They have determined that it must be an
allergy to milk, soy and all milk products
that made her bleed, and that to continue
breast feeding I need to cut out all milk
products, and we need to supplement her
with nutramigen formula
(hypoalargenic)also. They ran x-rays and
stool cultures, and labs. She is now
anemic with all the blood loss and is on
iron drops, and zantac to help her
stomach.
My question is for anyone who may have had
this happen, or know about it: can this
really be true? There were 5 diapers on
sat. That were entirely filled from front
to back with bright red blood. She is
still passing mucusy dark red blood with
stool currently, which is why I am so
freaked out that they dc'd her. They were
prepared to let us go yesterday with the
confidence that she'd get better little by
little this week, but I refused till we
got to see the gi md. He agreed that it
was most likely an allergy.
How long do I wait to take her back to er
or start making the dr's look further if
the bleeding isn't stopping. Also, they
said do just nutramigen formula for 3-5
days while I "cleanse" my body of dairy,
and just pump and dump. I am afraid my
milk is already in jeopardy because I
havn't been feeding or pumping regularly
the entire weekend. I just can't help
thinking it's the other way around - that
she's allergic to something in all
formulas, not my milk - am I just being
wishful ????
I am so scared - this is what it's going
to be like forever now, a parent's
worry....
Thanks for any help in advance, kim v
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3kizz
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 308
Posted: 11-02-05 20:36pm
This has happened to my daughter. It all
started in the hospital when vanessa
couldn't digest the similac with iron, it
cureled in her mouth. So the nurses
suggested isomil the soy version. Well
thats when all hell broke lose. She
started with prejectial vomitting and
rectal bleeding with mucus. I took her
to the doctor and the doctor confirmed
that she was allergic to soy.... So from
that point on she was drinking allimentium
for allergy babies. $$$$$$$. Everthing
cleared up and she was on this formula for
months and then we switched to carnation
good start.
Unfortunately it was a start to having
allergies to other foods. At 2 I had
her tested by an allergist and he founf
that she was allergic to milk, eggs and
nuts. She is almost 4 and is doinf
great. Email me if you have any more
questions sabse
rdanvan@yahoo.Com
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kmbrle5
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 2
Thanks For Reply... Posted: 11-02-05 22:42pm
I just couldn't believe the amount of
blood. Also, they said that they "tested"
her for milk allergies and that it came
back ok, but still insisted that it didn't
always show up, and that they were sure it
was that. The dc paperwork says "colitis"
on it. It's so frustrating.
I guess this is what it is like to have a
child. Always worrying about them, day
and night. I still don't have all the
answers, and hope it's not anything
internal that they can't/didn't see. I
made an appt. For a pediatric allergy md
for next tues. I think that they should
have encouraged me to do so, but I made
the decision on my own and called them.
I hate relying on others to feel safe and
reassured. I hope that they can really
conclusively tell me more after that
visit.
Thanks again for replying, any help is
always appreciated. Kim v
