Friday, January 2, 2009

Still Looking

We are still here looking for answers. The good thing is that the pediatrician on her case this week seems determined to find an answer for her stomach issues. Nothing much is showing up on blood or stool labs. X ray is basically showing air and stool. She said it could be one of 3 things - the constipation since there was so much of it, an obstruction so small they cannot see it, or the stomach not emptying properly which is what I believe they are leaning towards. They are not doing a tube feeding tonight and I think are doing an upper GI test tomorrow. The next tube feeding they do - I think they are bypassing the stomach and going lower. If she does well and not get air in stomach or full belly then they will know stomach is the problem. From what I read online, if that is the problem she would have to eat smaller meals, have a tube perm in stomach, and maybe take meds. She was still running a fever today although on 2 antibiotics so they are bringing in infectious disease doctor. They also ran labs to check for infection in blood, mrsa. We are hoping that none of these are present and maybe her body is just taking longer to react to medicine. They started a 3rd antibiotic that they would have to use if she had mrsa just in case. Thank you for your continued prayers and assistance.

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