Rory's GI Appt

First off, there was NO puking on the bus. YAY!! In fact, she drank her bottle on the way home, and was passed out cold when we arrived. I know it was risky, but she wanted it.

The nurse weighed and measured her. She's still 18lbs 3 oz, so no gain in 16 days, but that's pretty normal. She did grow in height though. 29 inches tall!

The GI explained the endoscopy and these are the most important things he said:

(1) They will be looking for inflammation and taking biopsies to check for such things as allergies, celiacs, etc. He said they don't scope babies too often, but when they are Rory's age and still haven't outgrown reflux, in addition to her poor feeding, this is the best route to rule out additional problems.
(2) He will come to talk to us after the procedure and give us any information on what he "sees". The biopsies will take a few weeks to report back on.
(3) Any problem he finds will be treatable, and we'll deal with that if anything shows up.
(4) If the scope comes back fine, we will leave her on prevacid and follow up with the feeding clinic. He said her feeding problems can be caused by two things....immediate discomfort OR past discomfort from which she has healed but now exhibits behavioural problems because of it.
(5) Sometimes the scope is fine when in fact the child is still having pretty bad reflux, so we will probably have to wait for her to outgrow it.
(6) He will not prescribe a different medication because he doesn't think it will make any difference.
(7) Sometimes there is no answer to why a child with reflux has feeding problems, but it is extremely common. She may have feeding problems up until pre-puberty (around 8 to 10 years!!) He figures she will always be on the small side, but should take off with puberty.

So now we wait until the morning. Please say some prayers that she does well under anesthesia, and comes out without nausea or any other problems. We are so scared to put her through this, but we feel we have to.

We have to be at the hospital at 7:05am, and they will take her in at 8:35am. Will update when we get home.