Chloe's test

Chloe had her procedure this morning and came through it fine. The sphincter at the top of stomach does not close, so her stomach acid goes up into her esophagus (just like her Mommy). The Prevacid that she takes will alleviate her symptoms and she will need it for life (also like her Mommy). She also has a hiatus hernia which means that part of her stomach is above her diaphragm. It doesn’t pose any problems now, but if it gets worse could require surgery. The doctor took biopsies of her stomach and esophagus and we’ll get the results of those in 10 days (I’m not sure if that means ten business days which is 2 weeks). The lining of her stomach is red and irritated and the biopsies will tell the doctor more about the irritation including if it is caused by food allergies. If she has food allergies more testing is required to determine to what foods she is allergic.