A Visit with Doctor House

I took Cole to the Doctor House of pediatric gastroenterology doctors yesterday. He was great - he took an entire hour to listen to our story, examine Cole, and come up with a plan of action. We discussed several possible problems that could be causing Cole's tummy issues. In the end, Dr. House said that Cole clearly has a "raging" case of GERD that he felt could be treated more aggressively. So - he tweaked the meds Cole is currently on and added two more medications. He also gave me the go ahead to start giving Cole rice cereal. We've got two and a half weeks to see if these steps make a difference and decrease the amount of puking. If not, then we'll be heading back to Dr House to schedule a GI scope procedure to explore the possibility of delayed gastric emptying or some other internal structural or functional problem. Keep your fingers crossed!