Three posts in one day I must be crazy!

DH has taken Bubba to the med clinic again. He is still vomiting and really feels lousy. This would be bad enough if DH wasn't leaving today to go to school. I have been concerned for some time now that the drugs Bubba was exposed to in the womb (his birth mother free based cocaine) might be affecting his immunity, because he sick all of the time. I haven't found a link with that in any research online, but here is what I found.

Cocaine use in utero causes:

• sleep problems in children
• emotional and behavioral problems in children-adolescence
• abnormal brain development
• altered cellular function
• ADHD or hyperactivity that cannot be treated with standard medicinal options, drug exposed kids are usually immune to Ritalin, etc.
• impulsivity, especially in males (seeing that already)
• Altered dopamine receptor function which affects brain processes that control movement, emotional response, and ability to experience pleasure and pain

We weren't worried about the possible problems before. Everything we had read in 2008 and before seemed to indicate that drug babies raised in healthy homes had every chance of developing normally and being happy, healthy children. I have just been determined to help Bubba and his trouble with immunity, so I have been researching. All of this research is new, within the last 2-3 years and just now showing up online.

Sometimes knowledge is a dangerous thing. Just wondering what else we will have to deal with in the future. We already have a little boy who has no sense of caution and no impulse control. Thinking that Mummy needs to get prepared. And that a whole of lot of prayer is in order!

In the mean time the doctor thinks we have several more days of tummy bug ahead. Apparently he can re-infect himself through his nappy rash. Who knew? I feel so sorry for him.