Any advice?

I am at my wit’s end with reflux… I posted awhile ago about my twins with reflux and feeding aversions. They were better for awhile, but now one of them is actually getting worse. They just turned 13 months old and receive feeding therapy. One twin’s weight gain has slowed tremendously. He is throwing up constantly for the last week and is irritable all the time. It amazes me how easily food comes up. It’s like it’s just sitting there in his throat. He just walks around with his mouth open screaming until he ends up throwing up. He has been on Axid for quite awhile now and just tried the latest prescribed combo from the GI- Axid and Erythromycin- with a horrible feeding after the first (and last) dose. We’ve tried Zantac, Prevacid, Zantac/Reglan, Axid, and Nexium starting since he was around two months old. He’s had an upper GI with no abnormal findings. The GI doc told us if the latest meds don’t work, he would want to do a scope. I really don’t want to put him through that because the upper GI was a horrible experience for him and has caused him to have major stranger anxiety, especially towards doctors. He’s regularly a happy little guy and sleeps great. It’s always been the chronic vomiting and weight concerns. He was small at birth so this has just caused more problems. We just changed over to milk from AR formula, and he did fine for a week or two. His brother has also thrown up a few times this week which is unusual for him so we thought they might have a stomach bug, but it seems more like the reflux is worsening again. This doesn’t help his feeding therapy progress since both boys have an aversion to textures/chunky foods and finger foods. If anyone has any ideas to help, it would be greatly appreciated. I think we are going to try going back to Prevacid. Sometimes that has worked for short periods. Does this sound like only reflux or something else?

Thanks!

Jana

Kaden 10/30/05 currently med-free!

Kael 10/30/05 Axid 3ml 2x/day, Erythromycin 1.25ml 2x/day