Quinn Update!

[Anonymous]

brenda, we did not even know that sylvia had a hiatal hernia until they went in to do her fundo. for some reason, her hernia did not show up during either of her upper gi’s or during her endoscopy. the surgeon said that if it is not pushing through when they do the test, that they can’t see it. sylvia had her fundo done because of the severity of her reflux. she was anemic, failure to thrive, refluxing almost 25% of the time, and her esophagus was getting ulcerated. she was on carafate and prevacid and still having the problems. i THINK that a hiatal hernia repair always involves a fundo.

[Anonymous]

what did they mean by a little erosion on the intestines? if the biopsies of her esophagus were normal and she just had a little esophagitis, it sounds like the meds are doing their job for the reflux, so i can’t imagine why they would be pushing for a fundo. i must have missed some of your info somewhere. if i remember right, she is 25% in weight, but the concern is that everytime she gets sick she gets dehydrated and ends up in the hospital. do you have total confidence in these doctors? i hate to make comments about other people’s doctors, especially since it is so hard to accurately pass on info in these threads sometimes, but they sound like they might be barking up the wrong tree.

[Anonymous]

Christine: So interesting. I will print your response and talk to Neidich about it. Carson is having such a hard time. I always go in with an armor of information – otherwise the docs seem to have a little bandaid to fix things. I am ready for a big fix. Thanks.

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