In a message dated 6/27/2002 10:08:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
StamTORCH@xxxxxxx writes:
> My concern is that they determined his reflux from doing a barium swallow
> lying down.
>
Monica.
They did what they called a milk study on Brendan to determine reflux, where
they put a radio-active isotope in his formula and then feed it through his
tube. They did lie him down for 45 minutes while taking the scan to
determine whether he had reflux or not. I did ask why the lied him down, he
explain that they wanted to get the best circumstance which reflux can happen
which is on a full stomach and lying flat, if he doesn't have it then even in
these situations it wont ooccur. Brendan refluxed 5 times in that 45 minute
period, but did not aspirate.
Mikki (Michelle) Rooney wife of John (8 years)
Mom of Michael (8), Caitlin (5), Siobhan (2) and
Brendan T-13 (10 months)
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