VTC1028
03-10-2006, 08:13 AM
We went up to Gainesville (4 hours away) on Tuedsay so Tucker could see the GI there. The GI was great...very thorough. He spent about an hour with us and then ordered some tests, that Tucker see the speech pathologist, and the neurologist. He, like our local GI, thinks there is something more global going on with Tucker causing the retching issues. We saw the neuro the next day. He thinks Tucker looks great, and he un-diagnosed him with CP (he got diagnosed w/ it a couple of weeks ago by our local neuro). He said when he was reading Tucker's medical records he thought he was going to see a really impaired baby, but was pleasantly surprised at how great he's doing. That was the best news we got while we were up there. :) Then we spent about 2 hours with the speech pathologist. She was great. She reminded us to focus on the fact that Tucker's nutrition and growth are more important than him actually eating at this point--at least until he's on the charts. She was very positive--especially after she had me try to feed my perplexing child, and he ATE some bananas in front of her. I swear I couldn't believe it. He seals his mouth shut here like crazy and there he would open it when the spoon came towards him. We've decided that he must just like to travel as he does much better any time we take him anywhere.
He had an upper GI and small bowel series yesterday afternoon, both of which were normal. I'm partially happy and partially saddened by that, because if it was abnormal, at least we'd know what the problem is causing the retching. All in all, it was a great trip and Tucker was a trooper through the whole thing.
We are thinking that maybe he's allergic to something in our house, the soap I wash his bottles in or the water or something because he only retched 4 times total the whole time we were up there--3 days. And that was on the first day. He didn't retch at all the last two days. Even with the neuro flipping him all around and the same with the GI series....too weird. Have any of you had your kiddies tested for allergies? How young can they do that? Could allergies cause retching?
He had an upper GI and small bowel series yesterday afternoon, both of which were normal. I'm partially happy and partially saddened by that, because if it was abnormal, at least we'd know what the problem is causing the retching. All in all, it was a great trip and Tucker was a trooper through the whole thing.
We are thinking that maybe he's allergic to something in our house, the soap I wash his bottles in or the water or something because he only retched 4 times total the whole time we were up there--3 days. And that was on the first day. He didn't retch at all the last two days. Even with the neuro flipping him all around and the same with the GI series....too weird. Have any of you had your kiddies tested for allergies? How young can they do that? Could allergies cause retching?