Claire had a visit with the gastroenterologist in Mid-October. It was my hope that she would be discharged from the clinic especially since she no longer had a feeding tube. Unfortunately, that was not the case. He is concerned that Claire has a "pouch" in her stomach. That along with some other complaints has the doctor concerned. He did not offer much except to test Claire for celiac disease (for which I assume she is negative since I heard nothing). After talking with her pediatrician, we are going to wait and see what happens after Claire is off her reflux medication and taking "regular" consistency liquids. Hopefully the removal of those things will take care of the situation. It is something we will monitor. If we do continue to be concerned then we may consider taking Claire to Dallas/Houston to have her examined by a gastroenterologist there. For now it is a monitor and wait and see situation.
Also, Claire continues to snore and may have brief periods where she stops breathing (called apnea). Secondary to this, the pediatrician has ordered a sleep study. We will see where that leads us. This may be tied to her frequent infections and the fact she cannot seem to get rid of a cold and instead it becomes a sinus infection. We shall see....another adventure for us. With the holidays I have no idea when the test will take place. I will try to do a better job of keeping everyone updated. I apologize that I have not been better. Working, the three kids, their activities and my volunteering seem to "eat up" time.
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