Next Steps



Despite all the efforts of Zane’s pediatrician, she has not yet found a solution to his vomiting/coughing/gagging. We tried switching his prophylactic antibiotic—thinking he had a reaction to it. We changed his allergy medication and increased his Miralax dosage. Yet none of this has worked.

After speaking with the doctor on the phone today, our next step appears to be testing. Poor kid. It’s really the last thing he needs. He has been through so much already. She is going to talk with a GI Specialist and see if he/she wants to proceed with upper and/or lower GIs. I had an upper in the past, which was not so bad. I had to swallow barium. Not sure how that will work with Zane since he does not consume quantities by mouth. IV perhaps?

Keep good thoughts for Zane. He has a lot coming up within the next month or so: GI testing, fitting for hearing aids, and his surgery on September 12^th.

Medication Roulette

Gagging. Sputtering. Coughing. Vomiting. It could be a number of things. Recently, Zane switched from Amoxicillin to Primsol as a prophylactic due to a breakthrough infection. Maybe these things are side effects. Perhaps his dosage of Miralax for constipation is not high enough. Then again, maybe it is reflux, and he requires a different dose of Prevacid. We’re monkeying around with all of these things to get to the bottom of what is ailing Zane this time around. In many ways, it is a mystery. Zane’s issues seem to come and go in waves. Yet we never know when the tide will come back in and sweep us away with a new set of challenges.

On a happier note: We took the boys to Yankee Boy Basin to explore over the weekend, then ended our day at the hot springs. Zane luxuriated in the warm water for nearly two hours. My little water bug!