Well, the little one continues suffering from bacterial or viral
infections, and finds it hard to keep her feeds down.  She is in really bad
shape. Doc says that her continuing to lose her feeds doesn't mean that she
is at all sensitive to the cow's milk-based formula or the soy-based
formula or the Progestamil.  She's throwing up for some other reason.

Mom found a breastmilk donor and had an ounce rather quickly for the sick
baby.  But.... Lactation specialist, Ped, etc. got nervous about possible
infection both from the donor mom and the baby. Do I detect some CYA
medicine here? (Unwilling to take a chance for fear of lawsuit.)

What about some CYA medicine that *includes* live breastmilk from a healthy
mother and baby?

Each day baby has a "new" infection even though she is in that "most
sterile" "safe" environment of the hospital and she is not recovering even
with all of the "best" medicines and she continues to lose weight from not
digesting her feeds.

Now, where would I put my money?  On the one living food that this little
one has never had. (She was adopted and has had formula throughout her life.)

Mom is going to see if she can find some friends who are breastfeeding who
would be willing to go through the testing of the usual 5 concerns, and
even have their babies tested, though the Ped said that the viruses he is
concerned about in the baby couldn't be tested for. He also said that even
if the breastmilk did help her now, she would need a lot of it for a very
long time and not just in this emergency situation.

Well, it isn't my baby and without the doctor's blessing it is hard for Mom
to take the risk that she has been warned about. She's not giving up on the
idea yet, though.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee


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