As of lately

My sweet Baby Stockton has been struggling the past few weeks. It started 4 weeks ago when he was diagnosed with strep throat. He was on antibiotics for 10 days then he felt great. 2 weeks ago he started having abdominal pain. We went back to the doctor to make sure the strep was gone. Luckily, he was negative. His abdominal pain continued where we ended up in the instacare a few days later. We ruled out a UTI and strep again. He started to complain more at night and not sleeping well. He has a history of constipation but since he was potty trained he has been doing great in that department. This whole time he has had no fever, no vomiting, no diarrhea and no signs of a viral illness. When he is not having these episodes of abdominal pain he is so fun. When his ab pain begins he arches his back or curls into a ball. We try to comfort him as much as we can but it is heart wrenching. Last week we ended up back at the doctor and we did a chest x-ray to check the size of his heart and rule out pneumonia. He was negative. We were sent home after another negative UTI and the abdominal pain continued. On Thursday we ended up at Primary Children's because the pain just got too severe. He had an abdominal ultrasound to rule out constipation and appendicitis. We also did some blood work. The blood work came back clean and the ultrasound was normal. We were stumped. My little guy is suffering and it is heart breaking. On Friday he still had the ab pain but he had a break for a couple hours. The only thing that helps is a shower. He holds the faucet on his stomach. He has fallen asleep like this many times. Last night the pain was severe again and he could not sleep. We took him to Primary Children's ER last night and we stayed the night up there. His urine came back normal, again, and they ran some tests. They ruled out kidney stones and a few other things. The ER physician discovered that Stockton may have GERD or an ulcer that he is battling. He had reflux when he was a baby and he was on Prevacid for the first 10 months of his life. The doctor put him on Zantac and wants us to do a 48 hour trial. We have also been dairy free the past two days and we will continue that. This whole time his heart has looked great. We are suppose to return to Primary's on Tuesday if this new regimen doesn't work. Stockton doesn't seem to have relief from this change in diet or new medication. He is still cramping and still in pain. We are asking that all of you pray for him and think positive thoughts. We hope we can find an answer soon.