[tri-med] Re: Quick question regarding fundo for Keren

On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 11:23 PM, Fawna Lockwood wrote:

>
>> {How well do your kids eat by mouth after the fundo
>> (of course, this is aimed for those whose kids are
>> eating by mouth!)?}
>
> Philina didn't get her fundo & g-tube until she was
> 19 yrs old.  She had always been fed orally.  The
> fundo really didn't take.  She could belch again in
> just 3 weeks, and was able to throw up again 6 months
> later, but since her's was just a precautionary measure
> I wasn't too upset about that.  It took her awhile to
> really start eating orally again, but she is now taking
> most of her nutrition my mouth again.
>
> Fawna, mom to Philina 20 yrs (PT6p & Moya Moya Syndrome)
>
>
Thanks for the info, Fawna!  Hopefully Keren's fundo will take better 
to begin with....

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, 7 mo. and counting! :) )
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