I’d call the GI and see if they will test some of the fluid for you. The hard part woudl be they need a “fresh” sample and they have to “schedule” the procedure…hard timing when you do’t know when it will happen.
Jedd had Ph Study (not to be confused with a Ph Probe…LOL) We drained gastric juices form his G tube and they tested it for us to see how acidic it was.
Jedd had been given his Prilosec about a hour prior and was empty feed wise from midnight the night prior. His “juices” were at a 4. That’s too acidic!!!! Esp. considering that he had taken his prilosec right before!!!!!
The only way for them to do that on your DS would be to put an NG down him and suck it out…OUCH…not that bad really. Jedd had one in his nose for over 8.5 months.
We did this tests primarily to be abel to PROVE without a doubt that Jedd’s meds needed to be upped above the norm for his body weight.
It worked. We were given the green light to up his med drastically.
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