Re: reflux question/delayed emptying test

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Hi

Liam had a stomach emptying test. It showed reflux but stomach

emptying was on the high side of normal.

The test Liam had involved a dye being put into his stomach through

his gtube and he had to have films taken every 15min for an hour

then every half hour I think for another 2 hours.We are in Australia

so it may be different for you.

The fundo ? has never come up for Liam firstly because nobody

checked him for reflux when he was young, all his Dr said he

vomitted because his stomach was small and he couldnt fit more in,

then as he got older he just had tiny little feeds often(every hour)

now he has alot of gut issues that probably could have been avoided

if we had known to watch and treat properly.

I hope to avoid a fundiplication with Liam, if he continues to put

on weight and not show signs of reflux we will. He is having

endoscopy and a biopsy soon which will show how well his reflux meds

are working.

Jody

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> > Hi Everyone. Sorry it's been so long. There has been so much

going

> > on, and I'm just barely hangin in there, hopefully all I have to

> say

> > is 1st trimester and you'll all understand! On top of that I've

> had

> > complications with Dasia. After surgery, she developed what

seemed

> > to be pretty severe reflux. She began vomiting her feedings

about

> > once a day, usually in the morning, she'd start coughing halfway

> > through her feedings, and I'd know to stop it, that she was

going

> to

> > vomit. One time in between feedings she spit up plain stomach

> acid,

> > it was on her clothes strong, but you couldn't see it, and she

> would

> > touch her cheeks and say owe. After I described her symptoms to

> the

> > Dr., of course he prescribed prevacid. She's been on it for 4

> days,

> > and most of the symptoms have gone away, but I sometimes see her

> > taking deep breaths and swallowing. But I don't know if that is

> from

> > feeling so full from her feedings or she's still experiencing

> > reflux. Now I'm worried the reflux is bad enough that the

medicine

> > will not be enough, that she'll need the nissen procedure. So

> that's

> > my question, did her symptoms seem so severe, that medicine may

> not

> > take care of the problem? Any input will be greatly appreciated!

> > Thanks Everyone!

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