Scope #9

    Back in June, Jordan began food trialing turkey. After eating it for a short period of time, it became evident that Jordan was "failing" turkey. He became very sick, started to wake up crying, and had food refluxing back up into his mouth. Upon visiting his GI, we decided to pull turkey, cancel his scope, wait a few weeks, and start food trialing white potato. Jordan started eating  white potato around the end of July/beginning of August. Although he was not too fond of a plain baked potato, he has since fallen in love with Cape Cod chips that are made from just potatoes and oil. We had mixed feelings about how the potato trial was going because Jordan began to complain off and on about stomach pains. We also saw a decrease in how much Splash he was drinking. However, we didn't feel as though the symptoms were near as severe as they were with turkey, so we pressed on another few weeks.
      On September 12th, Randi, her Mom, Jordan, and Nathan all traveled to Greenville, SC to see Dr. Markowitz. We spent the night at the Ronald McDonald House once again. Who wouldn't love this playroom at Ronald McDonald?!!

         Jordan's scope was the next morning (Sept. 13th). Although the visuals looked good, we had to wait for the biopsy results. Dr. M. thought his esophagus looked pretty "normal" but he did see a suspicious spot in his stomach that was biopsied. The next week, we found out that Jordan passed white potato!! Praise the Lord!! At the same time, we found out that Jordan was positive for H-pylori. The H-pylori bacteria caused him to have gastritis, which explained his stomach pains and lack of eating. Jordan had to be treated with double antibiotics for 10 days in hopes to kill off the H-pylori.We had to wait at least 2 weeks before starting a new food trial to ensure the gastritis was healed.

Jordan and his biggest fan, his baby brother Nathan

Sleeping good!

         Our next food trial, at Jordan's request, is carrots! We will update soon on his progress!