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August 9, 2011 at 3:34 pm #68817

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Sophie gets her upper GI tomorrow. I am hoping there are no structural abnormalities. A little nervous here, but my husband is coming with us.

I guess if nothing is shown, they’ll order a scope if she doesn’t get better. The Mylanta cherry supreme has been helping as has the increase of Prevacid. I don’t think the Zantac is doing anything at all, though. And then the Neocate transition. It seems to be so much. We thought we had it all under control from 6 weeks to 4.5 months as she never had any problems after starting the Prevacid, and then bam, one bad day turns into 4 bad weeks.

I just want answers.

August 9, 2011 at 4:44 pm #68818

hellbennt
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how much does she weigh, have I helped you figure out zantac dose?

August 9, 2011 at 4:49 pm #68819

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She was 16 lbs last Thursday. She’s on 22.5 mg Prevacid split up into two doses, and 1.25 ml Zantac twice a day as an extra I guess. You told me if I felt like adding more Prevacid, to try it out. How does the Zantac dose look? Marci-Kids has been down for weeks (months?).

Thanks!

August 9, 2011 at 5:06 pm #68820

hellbennt
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the marci-kids dosing is in Prevacid 101 and the zantac dosing is there, too

I happen to know zantac dosing by heart- it’s 10mgs per kilo

16lbs = 7.3 kilos

maximum zantac by weight is 10mgs per kilo, so

10 x 7.3 = 73mgs total of zantac for the day

your bottle of liquid zantac says 15mgs/ml

this means that for every 1ml of liquid you give, there’s 15mgs of the medicine zantac in that 1ml of liquid

so: 73 divided by 15 = 4.86mls of zantac, total, for the day

you are currently giving 2.5 mls a day, so there’s room to increase…

August 9, 2011 at 6:15 pm #68824

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You are awesome! Thank you. I’m going to call her pedi because she prescribed it when Sophie was smaller. Thank you replying to my posts. I am grateful!

We just had a horrible feeding session. How can she have one where

she gobbles up everything and then wants nothing later? (retorical question).

August 9, 2011 at 6:20 pm #68825

hellbennt
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before you speak to your ped, TELL her HOW you came up w/ the dosing:

(bcse peds have different dosings! please read):

Zantac dosing– my/other’s question (has axid & pepcid doses, too):

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8288&PN=1

August 9, 2011 at 6:49 pm #68827

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Will do. Thank you so much! I am afraid she will hate me when all is said and done.

August 9, 2011 at 7:03 pm #68829

hellbennt
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too bad. doctor is there to help your baby & if her ego gets in the way, that’s HER problem

August 9, 2011 at 7:13 pm #68830

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I agree! She is super nice, but I have to advocate for my child until she stops hurting! And I can be really persistent. :). Thank you for your help!

August 10, 2011 at 6:19 pm #68837

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Results are back. She refluxed and has delayed gastric emptying. Not totally surprised. Got her Zantac raised (thank you!). The Neocate is helping her poop more, so that is good.

We are being referred to pedi GI.

Her blood work came back and showed no allergies. I am going to search for DGE info so I know what I am talking about at pedi GI.

August 10, 2011 at 6:50 pm #68838

hellbennt
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allergy testing is inaccurate at this age…

Exposure to foods & blood testing: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12993

Sheri’s allergy/intolerance explanation: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10223&PID=87638#87638

Another Sheri explanation- intolerance/allergy post:

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11579&PID=97442#97442

Accuracy of allergy testing & great post by sherri explaining IgE and IgG (intolerance/allergies) https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10815

August 10, 2011 at 7:48 pm #68839

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Thanks. We knew that and she’s being switched to Neocate, but no one in our family has issues with food. However, we are always careful in what we give her and look for reactions. I will check the links out, too! You are a wealth of info! Thanks!

I’m more concerned with the DGE at this point.

I also knew I wasn’t going crazy. Now everyone believes me when I said I knew something was wrong.

August 10, 2011 at 7:52 pm #68840

Anonymous
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What great explanations! Thanks again.

August 10, 2011 at 8:24 pm #68841

hellbennt
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you’re more than welcome! it’s my ‘thing’

to do a search go to the upper right-hand corner of this screen & click on ‘search’

choose ‘all forums’ on the left & from the drop down menu go BACK 6 months and OLDER

search for delayed gastric emptying (I don’t think it’ll work w/ DGE bcse it’s only 3 letters)
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