Tuesday, June 21, 2011

More questions, few answers

Alexander had his 2 month appointment with the GI Specialist today.  We discussed how he was doing with the fiber, and everyone is very pleased with how his lower system is responding.  We are going to keep him on one fiber supplement a day and look to increase his fiber some more through the foods he eats. 

The doctor was displeased, however, about his reflux.  He will be having another endoscopy on Friday.  She will be looking over his upper GI tract and taking biopsies from his esophagus.  If results from that show that treatment is needed, that will obviously be addressed after his surgery.  If not, he will go back again in 2 months. 

Also, I was very surprised that he didn't gain any weight.  He grew an inch, but didn't gain any weight. We suspect that he lost weight initially with the fiber, and gained it back again. 

We just really hope that this endoscopy will shed some light on what's happening with his little system and he doesn't have to go through another of these procedures.  As he gets older, he remembers more and more.

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