The results of her upper GI test said that she has acid reflux due to valve between her stomach and her esophagus being weak. That's fairly common and it usually gets stronger with age. In the meantime she started yesterday on a low dose of Zantac to help with the discomfort. The past few days have been very rough. We've gotten a little taste of what it is like to have a full on colicky baby. She cried all day yesterday pretty much :( That is very stressful for Alex as well. When she isn't crying, she has started to smile big, real smiles. Alex just loves it when she smiles at him. She is sleeping a lot today, probably wiped out from the past few days, and we are hoping that by the weekend we will see an improvement.
I have been talking to some health care providers about the way Maya was force fed the barium for her test and everyone has been shocked and encouraged me to lodge a formal complaint. She easily could have aspirated barium while crying that hard with the tape over most of her mouth and that could be very serious. So I have the phone number of the head of radiology and there is also a patient liaison program through the hospital website I can use if that goes no where.
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Larisa was on low-dose Zantac, and they said by 6m she would probably outgrow the need for it. Yep, almost on the dot!
The Zantac helped Reiker too until the boy started chunking out too fast for his meds. It's very weight sensitive so keep an eye on that. I'm sorry to hear what Miss Maya had to endure, but glad to hear that you are advocating for her and other kids that would potentially be subjected to the same treatment.
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