Pyloric Stenosis

Baby Elijah had been spewing, spilling and vomiting his milk lately. At first, we thought it was just the result of burping or gas. But then on Tues Dec 13th, after one of his feeds, Elijah did an Exorcist's Linda Blair on us. They call it projectile vomiting. We've never seen so much come out so forcefully from Elijah. We took him to the paediatrician that night.

The doctor advised that there could be a problem with Elijah's stomach - either Gastroesophageal Refllux or Pyloric Stenosis. The latter being more serious, which requires surgery to correct. The doctor also asked us to try breastfeeding and burping Eliha upright for 24 hours and come back with the results.

We went back to the doctor's the next day. The results were mixed and inconclusive. There was still some vomiting. The doctor advised us to send Elijah for a barium test to rule out pyloric stenosis. As parents, we also need to know once and for all what's been ailing Elijah. And we do need to know so that we can decide on the right course of action going forward. Until the problem is fixed, Elijah risks being dehydrated and will suffer from its consequences.

So, this morning (Thu, Dec 15th), we wil be going down to Thomson Medical Centre to have the barium test done. We update this blog more often - we've been so tied up with caring for Elijah that we've not been update this blog more often. So many draft articles sit uncompleted. We'll try and blog again soon.