The Upper GI is this Thurs...any advice?

[Guest guest]

I posted last week about Dalia's upcoming GI tests..the Upper GI and

the OPMS(did I get this right??) Anyway, I didn't get an answer about

running these tests differently for our RSS kids. I could have sworn

that there was something...

Anyway, can anyone give me some advice on these tests? Has your kid

been through it and how did it go?

Thanks,

Sheryl (Dalia, 2 years RSS and Hanna, 4 mos non-RSS)

[Guest guest]

the one thing I remember Dr H saying during convention a few years ago, is that

to make sure you get the

doctors to do the test with the actual food that Dalia eats regularly. They will

put some barium in it so that it shows up on the ultrasound machine as it passes

through the stomach and if there is any reflux. Usually, the test is done just

with barium solution but since this does not really have calories or fat, etc in

it, it tends to present differently than when the actual food is included. When

has done this, we've given the doctors about 100cc of his food that he

regularly has, then they have dissolved the barium in that. We had to put the

food in via an NG tube since he won't drink it. But the idea is to get something

in the stomach that is as close to whatever food is usually consumed as the

stable part of our kid's diet. Since they often have problems with calories,

fat, food density, this is one point to try and mimick during test.

tks

debi

mum to in Japan.

The Upper GI is this Thurs...any advice?

I posted last week about Dalia's upcoming GI tests..the Upper GI and

the OPMS(did I get this right??) Anyway, I didn't get an answer about

running these tests differently for our RSS kids. I could have sworn

that there was something...

Anyway, can anyone give me some advice on these tests? Has your kid

been through it and how did it go?

Thanks,

Sheryl (Dalia, 2 years RSS and Hanna, 4 mos non-RSS)