Guest guest Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 We received some news yesterday late concerning JD and his problems with his spitting up/vomiting of his feeds. We know his Nissen fundoplication is intact and we know that his stomach is emptying its food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI head physician at Childrens observed JD all day yesterday and got back with us late last night. Based upon the symptoms that JD was having after feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, wretching) Dr. Andersen believes that JD may have a situation called dumping syndrome which is normal in some patients who have had surgeries involving the digestive situation. What is believed to be going on is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure for his feeds and Pediasure has a very high carbohydrate content which would include sugars, JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into the intestines and the body has too much carbohydrates being dumped into the intestines at one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, wretching episodes and sweating which could lead to the vomiting/spitting up episodes we have seen with him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, the Mickey button, the tube feeds etc. The body cannot handle that much sugar to digest. What Dr. Andersen wants to do is try to balance his feeds with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his pediasure and this should alleviate the problem. Dr. Andersen informed us he would know pretty quick once this was initiated with JD's feeding schedule. The changes will be initiated today and we will see how he responds. So certainly this seems to be a simple solution to one of his minor issues. Dr. Andersen suspects that this should work. We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still awaiting them so that we can see what his doctors want to do should a vascular ring show up. We suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and await repair by his heart surgeons of this condition. But we are not sure. We need the results first. JD is still doing okay and having no respiratory problems of an unusual nature. He is still under closed observation at Childrens and we suspect he will be for some time. Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved that hopefully one of these problems is now possibly worked out so that JD can continue to progress. We will update when we know more. May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord Jesus Christs be with each of you. In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that rope, , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months) ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thank you for the update and I hope everything works out and you keep recieving answers. Hugs and prayers, Crystal mom to (11), (3), and Eva (21 month old CHARGEr) wife to Dan in Illinois > > We received some news yesterday late concerning JD and his problems with his spitting up/vomiting of his feeds. We know his Nissen fundoplication is intact and we know that his stomach is emptying its food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI head physician at Childrens observed JD all day yesterday and got back with us late last night. Based upon the symptoms that JD was having after feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, wretching) Dr. Andersen believes that JD may have a situation called dumping syndrome which is normal in some patients who have had surgeries involving the digestive situation. What is believed to be going on is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure for his feeds and Pediasure has a very high carbohydrate content which would include sugars, JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into the intestines and the body has too much carbohydrates being dumped into the intestines at one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, wretching episodes and sweating which could lead to the vomiting/spitting up episodes we have seen with him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, the Mickey button, the tube feeds etc. The body cannot handle that much sugar to digest. What Dr. Andersen wants to do is try to balance his feeds with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his pediasure and this should alleviate the problem. Dr. Andersen informed us he would know pretty quick once this was initiated with JD's feeding schedule. The changes will be initiated today and we will see how he responds. So certainly this seems to be a simple solution to one of his minor issues. Dr. Andersen suspects that this should work. > > We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still awaiting them so that we can see what his doctors want to do should a vascular ring show up. We suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and await repair by his heart surgeons of this condition. But we are not sure. We need the results first. JD is still doing okay and having no respiratory problems of an unusual nature. He is still under closed observation at Childrens and we suspect he will be for some time. > > Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved that hopefully one of these problems is now possibly worked out so that JD can continue to progress. We will update when we know more. > > May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord Jesus Christs be with each of you. > > In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that rope, > > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months) > _____________________________________________________________________ ___ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 i have dumping syndrome to it is common with people as they told you who had stuff done to there insides but soem r worse than tohers i wwas one of the bad one now im better > > Thank you for the update and I hope everything works out and you > keep recieving answers. > Hugs and prayers, > Crystal mom to (11), (3), and Eva (21 month old CHARGEr) > wife to Dan in Illinois > > > > > > We received some news yesterday late concerning JD and his > problems with his spitting up/vomiting of his feeds. We know his > Nissen fundoplication is intact and we know that his stomach is > emptying its food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI head > physician at Childrens observed JD all day yesterday and got back > with us late last night. Based upon the symptoms that JD was having > after feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, wretching) Dr. > Andersen believes that JD may have a situation called dumping > syndrome which is normal in some patients who have had surgeries > involving the digestive situation. What is believed to be going on > is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure for his feeds and > Pediasure has a very high carbohydrate content which would include > sugars, JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into the > intestines and the body has too much carbohydrates being dumped into > the intestines at one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an > increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, wretching episodes > and sweating which could lead to the vomiting/spitting up episodes > we have seen with him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with > children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, the Mickey > button, the tube feeds etc. The body cannot handle that much sugar > to digest. What Dr. Andersen wants to do is try to balance his > feeds with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his pediasure > and this should alleviate the problem. Dr. Andersen informed us he > would know pretty quick once this was initiated with JD's feeding > schedule. The changes will be initiated today and we will see how > he responds. So certainly this seems to be a simple solution to one > of his minor issues. Dr. Andersen suspects that this should work. > > > > We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still awaiting them > so that we can see what his doctors want to do should a vascular > ring show up. We suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD > would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and await repair by > his heart surgeons of this condition. But we are not sure. We need > the results first. JD is still doing okay and having no respiratory > problems of an unusual nature. He is still under closed observation > at Childrens and we suspect he will be for some time. > > > > Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved that hopefully > one of these problems is now possibly worked out so that JD can > continue to progress. We will update when we know more. > > > > May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord Jesus Christs be > with each of you. > > > > In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that rope, > > > > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months) > > > __________________________________________________________ > ___ > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I hae heard of " dumping " but never really knew what it was. Thanks so much for the explanation. That sounds exactly like what Vinny is experiencing. I'll try to increase his protein... did they mention how much was too much protein? We'll keep JD in our prayers and hope he is home with you all soon. ina, mom to Luca (3.5) & Vinny (1.5 w/ cHARgE) --- erin32573@... wrote: > We received some news yesterday late concerning JD > and his problems with his spitting up/vomiting of > his feeds. We know his Nissen fundoplication is > intact and we know that his stomach is emptying its > food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI > head physician at Childrens observed JD all day > yesterday and got back with us late last night. > Based upon the symptoms that JD was having after > feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, > wretching) Dr. Andersen believes that JD may have a > situation called dumping syndrome which is normal in > some patients who have had surgeries involving the > digestive situation. What is believed to be going > on is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure > for his feeds and Pediasure has a very high > carbohydrate content which would include sugars, > JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into > the intestines and the body has too much > carbohydrates being dumped into the intestines at > one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an > increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, > wretching episodes and sweating which could lead to > the vomiting/spitting up episodes we have seen with > him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with > children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, > the Mickey button, the tube feeds etc. The body > cannot handle that much sugar to digest. What Dr. > Andersen wants to do is try to balance his feeds > with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his > pediasure and this should alleviate the problem. > Dr. Andersen informed us he would know pretty quick > once this was initiated with JD's feeding schedule. > The changes will be initiated today and we will see > how he responds. So certainly this seems to be a > simple solution to one of his minor issues. Dr. > Andersen suspects that this should work. > > We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still > awaiting them so that we can see what his doctors > want to do should a vascular ring show up. We > suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD > would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and > await repair by his heart surgeons of this > condition. But we are not sure. We need the > results first. JD is still doing okay and having no > respiratory problems of an unusual nature. He is > still under closed observation at Childrens and we > suspect he will be for some time. > > Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved > that hopefully one of these problems is now possibly > worked out so that JD can continue to progress. We > will update when we know more. > > May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord > Jesus Christs be with each of you. > > In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that > rope, > > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 > months) > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of > free safety and security tools, free access to > millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by " Green Rating " at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ellen- What helped you improve? Janay > > > > > > We received some news yesterday late concerning JD and his > > problems with his spitting up/vomiting of his feeds. We know his > > Nissen fundoplication is intact and we know that his stomach is > > emptying its food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI head > > physician at Childrens observed JD all day yesterday and got back > > with us late last night. Based upon the symptoms that JD was having > > after feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, wretching) Dr. > > Andersen believes that JD may have a situation called dumping > > syndrome which is normal in some patients who have had surgeries > > involving the digestive situation. What is believed to be going on > > is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure for his feeds and > > Pediasure has a very high carbohydrate content which would include > > sugars, JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into the > > intestines and the body has too much carbohydrates being dumped into > > the intestines at one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an > > increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, wretching episodes > > and sweating which could lead to the vomiting/spitting up episodes > > we have seen with him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with > > children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, the Mickey > > button, the tube feeds etc. The body cannot handle that much sugar > > to digest. What Dr. Andersen wants to do is try to balance his > > feeds with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his pediasure > > and this should alleviate the problem. Dr. Andersen informed us he > > would know pretty quick once this was initiated with JD's feeding > > schedule. The changes will be initiated today and we will see how > > he responds. So certainly this seems to be a simple solution to one > > of his minor issues. Dr. Andersen suspects that this should work. > > > > > > We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still awaiting them > > so that we can see what his doctors want to do should a vascular > > ring show up. We suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD > > would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and await repair by > > his heart surgeons of this condition. But we are not sure. We need > > the results first. JD is still doing okay and having no respiratory > > problems of an unusual nature. He is still under closed observation > > at Childrens and we suspect he will be for some time. > > > > > > Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved that hopefully > > one of these problems is now possibly worked out so that JD can > > continue to progress. We will update when we know more. > > > > > > May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord Jesus Christs be > > with each of you. > > > > > > In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that rope, > > > > > > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months) > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > ___ > > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Thank you for sharing and giving such a clear explanation. Rasha has been having vomiting and retching problems that have increased since we started adding DuoCal to her feeds. This could be a possible explanation as I think the DuoCal is fat and carbs. Our problem is that I have to limit her protein because of impaired kidney function. I look forward to your next update. Janay Rasha's Mom > > We received some news yesterday late concerning JD and his problems with his spitting up/vomiting of his feeds. We know his Nissen fundoplication is intact and we know that his stomach is emptying its food contents at a normal rate. Dr. Andersen, GI head physician at Childrens observed JD all day yesterday and got back with us late last night. Based upon the symptoms that JD was having after feeds (increased heartrate, sweating, coughing, wretching) Dr. Andersen believes that JD may have a situation called dumping syndrome which is normal in some patients who have had surgeries involving the digestive situation. What is believed to be going on is due to the fact that JD is receiving Pediasure for his feeds and Pediasure has a very high carbohydrate content which would include sugars, JD's stomach is dumping this in large amounts into the intestines and the body has too much carbohydrates being dumped into the intestines at one time. Thus, JD's natural body response is an increase in heartrate, an increase in coughing, wretching episodes and sweating which could lead to the vomiting/spitting up episodes we have seen with him. Dr. Andersen has seen this many times with children that have similar issues such as a Nissen, the Mickey button, the tube feeds etc. The body cannot handle that much sugar to digest. What Dr. Andersen wants to do is try to balance his feeds with more protein. Thus, adding some protein to his pediasure and this should alleviate the problem. Dr. Andersen informed us he would know pretty quick once this was initiated with JD's feeding schedule. The changes will be initiated today and we will see how he responds. So certainly this seems to be a simple solution to one of his minor issues. Dr. Andersen suspects that this should work. > > We still dont have any MRI results yet and are still awaiting them so that we can see what his doctors want to do should a vascular ring show up. We suspect that if there is a vascular ring then JD would be moved to CVICU under closed observation and await repair by his heart surgeons of this condition. But we are not sure. We need the results first. JD is still doing okay and having no respiratory problems of an unusual nature. He is still under closed observation at Childrens and we suspect he will be for some time. > > Just wanted to pass this along. We are relieved that hopefully one of these problems is now possibly worked out so that JD can continue to progress. We will update when we know more. > > May the Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love of our Lord Jesus Christs be with each of you. > > In His Loving Hands and still holding onto that rope, > > , , Olivia (16 months) and JD (cHArgEd 16 months) > _____________________________________________________________________ ___ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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