Prevacid, the miracle drug

Little Eddie saw the G.I. dr. on Tuesday and she immediately diagnosed him with GERD. She said his case is so bad that she wanted to admit him into the hospital for 24-36 hours and give him medicines through an I.V. Eddie and I declined to do this because the medicines they were going to give our baby were the same medicines that she was prescribing for him. I brought him home and immediately tried to get his prescription of Prevacid filled. I went to 3 different pharmacies before I was told that I had to take the prescription to a compounding pharmacy because Prevacid has a 14 day shelf life.

I finally found a pharmacy that would make it, but a big storm was about to come in, so I had to wait for it to pass. It was 72 degrees and the temperature dropped to 36 degrees within an hour. It rained for a few minutes, then we had quarter-sized hail for 20 minutes, and then it started snowing. It was the CRAZIEST weather! The temperature continued to fall and ended up getting down to 22 degrees. Little Eddie and I bundled up and went up to the pharmacy, where they told us it would take 1 1/2 hours to mix up the medicine. I politely told the pharmacist that we would just wait it out because poor little Eddie had already been to the hospital twice (ultrasound on his tummy and the G.I. dr.) and to 3 pharmacies. So, I just sat in the waiting area and held him, which was his first nap of the day. I think the pharmacist felt bad for us, so she made his medicine in about 45 minutes. We finally got home around 4:30, after being out since 8:00 that morning.

I gave Eddie his first dose of Prevacid, and his relief was almost instantaneous. He normally shakes his head violently during feedings, but he nursed calmly. We then only have about 10-15 minutes after eating where he is happy, but he stayed happy and alert for about an hour!!

Little Eddie is on his 3rd day of the Prevacid and it's like we have a brand new baby! He only cries if he is hungry or tired. He still doesn't nap very well, but at least he will sleep for 20 minutes or even up to an hour! I might actually be able to get some things done around the house if he keeps this up!

Here is a picture of our happy little man...