[tri-med] Re: Reflux meds?

In a message dated 06/26/2002 2:47:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jensims@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> Also what meds do your kids take for reflux? Joumana is currently taking
> prilosec but it doesn't work completely.
> 
> Another question, Has anyone ever had a swallow study done? We've had an
> upper GI study but now we are debating about the swallow study.
> 

My daughter Emily has reflux and has had a fundoplication.  They did a 
gastric emptying study where they added radio-active stuff to her fornula and 
then she laid down under x-ray for 1 hour.  This test showed that she had 
only drained 29% of her food from her stomach in an hour.  It also showed 
them that she had pyloric stenosis.  Sp when they did the fundo they also did 
a pyloromyotomy??  She was also put on cisapride and zantac.  Over time we 
played with the disapride and never felt it did any good so we discontinued 
that.  We have continued the Zantac.

Emily also had a swallow study which they did sitting up.  They fed her 
barium.  It was a surprise that she actually swallowed it for the study as 
she wasn't swallowing anything at the time.  It became the joke that I just 
hadn't been feeding her the right stuff??  Hence, I should be feeding her 
barium (HA HA)  Anyway, this study was normal.   

Hope this info helps!
Jennifer - Mom to Emily (5, w/ T13 Mosaic) , Hannah (2) and 2 angels ^i^ ^i^
              Michigan, USA


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