upper gi before ppi?

Thanks, it makes me feel relieved to think that you guys are thinking the same thing that I am. I am hoping that because he’s seen us for three and half years with my son that he’ll be willing to work with me. I also really feel that since I’ve been though this before and he knows that i’m an “experienced” reflux mom, that he will trust my instincts…. we’ll see. Funny thing is, our son had an upper gi at 5 months old and it did not catch his hiatal hernia and we were miserable for a looooong time wondering why his reflux wasn’t getting better until his endoscopy at 11 mos. So, I guess it doesn’t even always catch those things, either. I just couldn’t remember if this was a procedural sort of thing or not. I’ll let you guys know what happens….thanks for all the support.

Hi,

We saw Lucas’ ped gi today and he gave us an rx for zegerid! yay! He acted like that would be a completely normal course of action and I even asked him if an upper gi would be necessary (I didn’t want one done, so I probably shouldn’t have even asked, but I was so curious) and he said no that we could try the ppi and then if this doesn’t work, then do an upper gi. That makes sense to me.

So i checked on Marci kids last night for dosing and our doc dosed Norah for the 40mg packets at 2.5 mls 2Xday. I know marci kids likes three times a day…. She was 10.4 lbs in the office with her diaper on, so maybe a wee bit less than that is her weight. I’m guessing that this is a low dose compared to marci kids, but haven’t checked yet. We just had two hours of crying and fussing and trying to be civil to my four year old while it all happened so I’m off to bed.

Lori, it’s the same ped, he is super nice just very old fashioned I guess when it comes to the reflux meds. I really didn’t want her on reglan, even though some folks have such good results with it. Marci kids doesn’t say very good things about it. And yes, its the same ped we see with Lucas.