Re: Ideas??? for Willie - Jen - one other thing

[Guest guest]

Regarding my indulging -- may I remind everyone that my insane

daughter isn't 4 years old like some of you have-- she is

NINE AND A HALF!!!! Yet she won't try and swallow any meds. Her 8

year old brother can swallow any pill; won't try. I even

tried bribing her!!!! Didn't work.... Jenn

> > > Hi Kathy,

> > >

> > > A couple ideas??? I've never tried this so I'm not even sure

it

> > will work,

> > > but maybe?? Is there any drink (kool-aid, soda, or juice) that

> > Willie will

> > > accept that the Prevacid Solutabs might be dissolved in??? OR

> maybe

> > you

> > > could dissolve it in water, and then add it to something he'll

> > drink??? Only

> > > don't give it to him in a cup, suck it up in a syringe, so

that

> > you'll know

> > > he's finished it all.

> > >

> > > You could try taking a tablet, putting it in the bottom of say

a

> > 10cc

> > > syringe, sucking up maybe 5cc of liquid, and see if the tablet

> will

> > > dissolve?? If it does, have him " drink " out of the syringe,

and

> > then chase

> > > with the same thing from a cup?? That way if it changes the

> taste

> > slightly,

> > > he might not realize it???

> > >

> > > How much did Willie weigh at the convention last year?? Could

> his

> > Periactin

> > > need to be increased??? We've never been able to use it with

> > , but

> > > I've heard that sometimes the smallest of increases can make a

> big

> > > difference???

> > >

> > > I'm sure that Dr H will recommend the g-tube if she really

> thinks

> > that

> > > Willie needs it. She didn't hesitate with .

> > >

> > > Can I ask where you learned to figure out BMI?? has

> REALLY

> > slimmed

> > > down this year, and is way low on the weight-for-height chart

> now,

> > but I've

> > > never learned how to figure out BMI. Is this more accurate

than

> > > weight-for-height??

> > >

> > > Hope this helps!

> > > Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 6 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-

tube,

> > GHT)

[Guest guest]

Jenn,

of course has a gtube so doesn't need to actually swallow any

medication. However, Becca has a WONDERFUL (note the sarcasm here)

gag reflex. She swallows medicine and throws it right back up at

you, no matter what flavor.

When she started on her new medication, we couldn't figure out what

to do. The only med she doesn't throw up is the bubble gum

antibiotic, so we got her medicine flavored with bubble gum flavor

(the doctor wrote the prescription so that the pharmacy could add as

much flavor as needed and dispense the appropriate amount).

Anyway, Becca now takes a sip of water, a drop of honey, downs the

medicine (which she still says is yucky), a quick drink, and the

rest of the 1/2 teaspoon of honey.

Works for us,

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 5 year old twins