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across the street from our family doctor. Joshua gabbed (loudly!) the entire time we were there, making the pretty receptionist really have to work to hear on the phone. Sorry! At least he was happy, unlike another child we heard on our way in. Shawn took his lunch during that time to be with us, and the appointment was fairly uneventful. Dr. Devenyi recommended taking Joshua off Zantac and putting him on Prevacid. He told us that sometimes reflux is actually the result of food allergies that we're unaware of, but the Bean doesn't show any other symptoms of that. Since Joshua's been eating okay and continuing to grow - our boy is now 29" long and weighs 21.4 pounds - he thinks we should try this medicine first and watch for its side effects. If Joshua does well with it, we'll go back September 24 to re-evaluate the plan. If he doesn't do well, we should call within 2-4 weeks or sooner if the Bean gets sick from the medicine. The next step in the plan if the prevacid doesn't do the trick is to sedate him in order to see his esophagus through a tiny microscope. From there, we can make further decisions. Our hope and prayer is that the prevacid does the trick. My friend Kristen's son Elliott was on prevacid and outgrew his reflux issues, so hearing that from her gives me hope for our Bean!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Doctor Update
Today we met Dr. Devenyi in his new office location in Brownstown, right .jpg)
across the street from our family doctor. Joshua gabbed (loudly!) the entire time we were there, making the pretty receptionist really have to work to hear on the phone. Sorry! At least he was happy, unlike another child we heard on our way in. Shawn took his lunch during that time to be with us, and the appointment was fairly uneventful. Dr. Devenyi recommended taking Joshua off Zantac and putting him on Prevacid. He told us that sometimes reflux is actually the result of food allergies that we're unaware of, but the Bean doesn't show any other symptoms of that. Since Joshua's been eating okay and continuing to grow - our boy is now 29" long and weighs 21.4 pounds - he thinks we should try this medicine first and watch for its side effects. If Joshua does well with it, we'll go back September 24 to re-evaluate the plan. If he doesn't do well, we should call within 2-4 weeks or sooner if the Bean gets sick from the medicine. The next step in the plan if the prevacid doesn't do the trick is to sedate him in order to see his esophagus through a tiny microscope. From there, we can make further decisions. Our hope and prayer is that the prevacid does the trick. My friend Kristen's son Elliott was on prevacid and outgrew his reflux issues, so hearing that from her gives me hope for our Bean!
across the street from our family doctor. Joshua gabbed (loudly!) the entire time we were there, making the pretty receptionist really have to work to hear on the phone. Sorry! At least he was happy, unlike another child we heard on our way in. Shawn took his lunch during that time to be with us, and the appointment was fairly uneventful. Dr. Devenyi recommended taking Joshua off Zantac and putting him on Prevacid. He told us that sometimes reflux is actually the result of food allergies that we're unaware of, but the Bean doesn't show any other symptoms of that. Since Joshua's been eating okay and continuing to grow - our boy is now 29" long and weighs 21.4 pounds - he thinks we should try this medicine first and watch for its side effects. If Joshua does well with it, we'll go back September 24 to re-evaluate the plan. If he doesn't do well, we should call within 2-4 weeks or sooner if the Bean gets sick from the medicine. The next step in the plan if the prevacid doesn't do the trick is to sedate him in order to see his esophagus through a tiny microscope. From there, we can make further decisions. Our hope and prayer is that the prevacid does the trick. My friend Kristen's son Elliott was on prevacid and outgrew his reflux issues, so hearing that from her gives me hope for our Bean!
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