Gastric Content

Last week's entry was so eloquent. I apologize in advance for the chopiness of this one LOL.

Callista had a gastric emptying study done on Monday. That was an experience I hope we do not have to repeat. Our poor baby has had such an increase in vomiting with every feed over the last few months. We are almost on continuous feeds through her tube just to get her to keep enough down to stay hydrated. For the test, they said they had to dump in one feed for her within 2-3 minutes. I informed them she would throw up. They said tough luck, and she threw up.Callie had to lay there for an hour as they took scans to trace where her food went and how fast. She cried. And cried. And cried. But there was very little breath holding so I am thankful for that!

Fast forward to yesterday when I got the call for the results. She has.... *dramatic pause*..... severe reflux. Uh, yeah? She has since she was born. What's worse? They couldn't tell me any results from the actual emptying part because (are you ready for this?) "The test was inconclusive because she vomited." Shocking, isn't it? We wasted four hours of our time doing a test we apparently didn't need and put poor baby bug through torture. I think it's time we moved on to another GI specialist, as this one is officially out of chances from this mommy.

Four days in to this summer's layoff and enjoying every minute of it, well, expect for Monday's trip and test! I'm looking forward to making this little munchkin work her butt off and make some progress! Lately, she's been doing much better with her head and trying to sit up. We got her wingbo swing in the mail yesterday so we will be practicing our crawling stance as well. We're also still preparing for the benefit and counting down the days to a yummy lunch and lots of great prizes. Last but not least, we're also keeping busy with T shirt orders. If you're interested in ordering, come visit our facebook page or message me :)

Have a great day, back to folding never ending laundry for this lady!