CHOA

We had our first experience with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Olivia has been complaining of her tummy hurting off and on for about four months. I kind of blow her off thinking it was just one more excuse she was giving us for not wanting to do anything. Then in February she starting randomly throwing up. Between February and April she had thrown up nine times. At first I would tell myself that she was just carsick or it was because she had an ear infection. Then one night I went to give her one last kiss before I hit the bed and I found her sleeping in her own vomit. That's when I decided something else was going on. So our pediatrician sent us to CHOA for an upper GI. I was very nervous about Olivia drinking the barium and laying on the table but the staff there was outstanding!!! They mixed her barium with chocolate syrup and had movies playing while she laid under the machine. She did great! Chad and I were super impressed. As we left they gave her a big old balloon and stickers. The test showed that all her anatomy looked great but it showed her refluxing. And it was also determined that she has a bad case of motion sickness. So Olivia is currently on 30 mg of Prevacid a day for GERD and we give her Benadryl when she is in the car longer then 15 minutes. So far in the last four weeks she has only complained of her tummy once.