My son.

2580 grams you weighed. When you came to the world seven years ago. Just six minutes after your twin sister. A beautiful little man, with all the trimmings. And a bunch of pretty long fingers, your piano fingers, I called them.

What were you quiet and satisfied.

Twelve weeks you were when it suddenly changed. Your sister had suffered a stomach virus in the hospital, you got it too. It was over with her after a week. You stayed restless. Like your bodice couldn't fight it out. You had constant diarrhoea and drank restless. You wanted to, but if you didn't drink. If I let you check, it was always said, β€œHe's not dehydrated.” And then I was sent home again. I knew you weren't dehydrated, I took care of that. And I knew what to look out for, I'm your mother, knew you like no other at the time. But why did you keep feeling so uncomfortable? Did you visibly suffer from abdominal pain, in between your happy moments?. Then you looked at us smiling, with the widest smile a baby could have. No one thought it was weird that you had diarrhea for weeks at a time.

I haven't adhered to a feeding schedule for a long time. I fed you when you wanted. But when it came time to introduce solid foods, it seemed to fall through your digestive system. It was mostly undigested in your diaper in no time. You choked on everything I gave you. So we were referred to the AMC, someone should know what was bothering you anyway.? You tried not to sit down like other babies and were constantly on your back because of the abdominal pain. In the AMC you were observed for a day, also to see why you didn't get rid of a lot of solid food. ,, There's just a cocky head on it,” said a nurse. About You. My beautiful baby at the time nine months old, how dare she? The pediatrician, who wanted to see your appointment after appointment, didn't know. ,, Sometimes you just don't find out about 'such' kids,” I heard. And in the meantime, you were always dead pale, often had red or dark circles around your eyes almost always inflamed, and you still had abdominal pain.

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