Aloe Vera Juice in G-tube?

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Hi all,

My got his Gtube placed in February and is doing great. 4 pounds of

baby fat just flew right on! We're also finally back to where he is eating

food also. When the tube was placed, the GI's did an endoscopy and biopsy of

his tissues and said he had inflammation all the way through the tract.

has never had any symptoms fo reflux or even acted like he had any pain,

so

I was suprised at this. The doc's put him on prevacid, which really has not

gone so well. It's pretty much the strongest thing they could give him, I'm

not sure why they didn't start with xantac or something milder. The prevacid

just runs right through him and he had a terrible bleeding diaper rash until I

stopped giving it to him. Also, he's anemic and prevacid severely reduces

capacity to absorb iron, which requires stomach acid. He's happier and eats

better while not taking it, so I made an executive decision! However, I can't

seem to get any GI's on the phone to ask about a different medication. I know

aloe vera juice works for acid/reflux stuff, but has anyone ever put it in a

g-tube? I am willing to experiment ;o)

Thanks,

(5), CHaRGE (2 and finally over 21 lbs!!!)