Feeding Problems

All week Lynnea has been having a difficult time tolerating her G-tube feedings. It started out as just a feeding here and there (usually the feedings that included giving her medications) upsetting her tummy, but by Thursday all of her feedings, including her overnight drip were causing her to spit up. So, last night we called the U and ended up taking her in to the ER to have her electrolytes checked. They said she's fine. They increased the amount of acid-reducer that she's on (Omeprezole), told us to keep her on a constant drip feed, and sent us home. They called to check in with us this morning to see how her feeding went overnight; the overnight feeding went OK, so they told us to watch her over the weekend and follow up with our primary doctor here in Zimmerman on Monday. Well, shortly after getting off the phone with the doctor this morning, Lynnea started spitting up again, and has been spitting up off and on all day. For now, we'll just keep an eye on it, and hope that there's some way to get her in to the clinic on Monday (getting same day appointment at our clinic is pretty much impossible, which is super frustrating). Our cardiologist, Dr. Gruenstein, didn't seem to think that this was a cardiac problem, so he's not concerned about it. We're not sure how or why he so easily ruled this out without actually doing another Echocardiogram on her (or having anyone from the cardiology team examine her), but he did, and we hope he's right (not tolerating feedings is a potential early sign of heart failure).