To Elise and Buntybear and everyone else...thanks for sticking with me this past year with my DS's food problems. We had a big followup GI appt today and I wanted to keep you updated!
1. We are starting Prevacid, in part because DS has had some visible reflux episodes which are new, in part because he is always coughing (dry cough), and in part because if we scope him he needs to be on it. I am really hoping to see some improvement with his cough and I do really think it could be reflux-related.
2. 2-3 weeks after starting Prevacid, we will introduce milk. we start with 1 tsp, then 3 hours later 1 tbsp, then 3 hours later 2 tbsps, etc. for as long as it is well tolerated. if DS ends up with an eczema flare-up or diarrhea, he is considered to have failed the reintro and will be booked for an esophageal scope and bowel biopsy.
3. 1 week after starting dairy reintro, if things go well there, we start reintroducing gluten. same things that apply for dairy apply for gluten, plus the added misery of extreme fussiness (which was his main symptom when eating gluten).
Elise, they do think he could very well have CSID. They said there are 1-2 other kids in their practice that have it and presented just like DS. Fingers crossed that we get to the bottom of this before the end of the summer!!!
