Hi. My name is Julie. I live in South Carolina. I have a 9 1/2
year old son with moderate to severe reflux.. Blake had the Nissen
Fundoplication when he was 3 1/2 yrs. old. He also has a g-button
placed due to Failure to thrive. Blake was born 15 weeks premature.
He weighed 1lb. 6oz. We have had different problems with him, but
the reflux has been an on going battle. We were never guarenteed
that the reflux would be the answer to Blakes feeding problems.
Before the surgery, Blake only weighed 20 lbs. at 31/2 yrs. It took
us taking him to a pulmonologist to get the answer. She took his
med. history , had x-rays done and in the same day told us exactly
what was wrong. This was after we went to another Dr. who said it
was his tonsils and adenoids that needed removal. We almost lost him
in that surgery. This Dr. was appauled at the fact that no one did a
study on him to rule out the reflux.
Well Blake's reflux came back full fledge about 2 years ago. This is
when his lungs collasped and had pneumonia. The Dr. ordered a ph
probe(what FUN) and it was mild. So Blake went on the zantac and
Propulcid. Since then he has been put on Reglan. I found that the
reglan doen't work as well as the propulcid. Is there any
alternative to this med. I have asked several Dr.s that tend to
Blake but they all say he needs both of these to keep his reflux at
bay.
Well this past summer we found out how bad the reflux had gotten.
This was when his lung collasped and he had pneumonia again. They
just increased the meds. I still don't ess a change in his reflux
behavior. We were told that he may have to have the Nissen redone.
Help Julie