upper gi today

[Anonymous]

The boys had their upper GIs today. They barely drank the barium – they were screaming so hard. They didn’t see reflux at the time. For Jack, his stomach wouldn’t empty. THey had to keep stopping and waiting. I wonder if that has anything to do with his poor eating.

So this doesn’t prove reflux either way, right? just that they’re weren’t anatomical problems or reflux at the moment? I have no clue when we will hear from the doctor.

[Anonymous]

I wasn’t aware that they look for stomach emptying with an upper GI. There’s another test they do to look for DGE (delayed gastric emptying). Yes, dge does effect appetite. I’m quite sure Myles had it. His digestion seemed to be so slow and his appetite so small. His doctor said dge is common in reflux babies and that the drugs to treat it have many side effects so she prefers not to test for it or treat it unless the baby is not eating and not thriving. I agreed because as soon as Myles was on the right meds for reflux his eating improved, although his digestion was still very sluggish. His dge seemed to improve dramatically at the same time he outgrew his reflux.

How old are your boys? Are they on any meds? If you put some information about your babies in your signature it will help us to keep track and not ask the same questions all the time. Go to settings, then edit profile.

How are the boys eating?

[Anonymous]

Not seeing reflux on an upper GI unfortunately just means that they weren’t actively refluxing at that time. They checked for stomach emptying when they did Kaelyn’s upper GI as well.

[Anonymous]

I was hoping something would have been resolved. Christine – I agree that motility drugs are probably too “strong” to use unless a baby isn’t thriving. For right now they are gaining weight. I’ll let you know what the doctor says. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Glad to hear that they didn’t see anything significant on the UGI. Frustrating about the stomach being slow to empty. Keep us posted on what the doc suggests.

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