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Originally Posted by Kamie
I just have this underlying fear that they will find her refulx has not gotten any better and refer her for a g-tube or something.
She coughs and chokes on food at times and I would hate for something like that to happen and them to make this dire decision about it.
In my opinion, the LAST thing she needs is a gtube. I am going to press them for other ways to help her with textures instead of going that route.
I just can't stand the thought of Zoe on a gtube.
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The swallow test will look for aspiration ( going down the wrong tube) and whether she can protect her airway. Reflux may show but again they are looking if she can protect her airway when she refluxes, not for reflux itself.
They will also check how she handles different thickness' of liquid/food. Its been many years since Alex has had a gtube but the swallow test showed he was ok with thicken fluids and solid food but not ok on thin fluids. He was about 15 months old at the time. A pH probe also showed he had severe reflux ( reflux never showed on the swallow or any UGI Xrays) They decided to do the fundo to prevent food from coming back up. They did the gtube till he could learn to swallow thin liquids safely. The 3rd thing to watch for is delayed gastric emptying...a fundo is not a good thing with delayed gastric emptying.
Joanne