my son has had really bad reflux for the past few weeks. he is 22 weeks old. we have been in and out of the hospital for the reflux, he's been given renitidine, domperidone, gaviscon and we've been using pregestimil and nutramigen interchangeably. his poo has been going from butter yellow (where it actually smells like butter popcorn) to dark green/blackish poo and today there has been bright red streaks in the stool itself, not from his anus or skin. we looked through another diaper his dad had changed and its dark green (the color of over boiled spinach) but when you mash it with a wipe there is a little bit of red residue as well.
dosage: .4ml of renitidine 3x a day
.5 domperidome 3x a day
two satchets of infant gaviscon per 9 ounce bottle usually 4 bottles a day.
tried colief, infacol, gripe water--
this past week all our appointments have been canceled with specialists because of the weather and because no one in london seems to be able to cope with snow. the week before i did take him to a private doctor who sent us back to st marys
we have an amby nest, i wear him in the sling at all times. he won't be put down, and the rare occasions he will be put down he is always on an incline. he did decrease his feeds over two weeks ago, but has gone back onto feeding to the normal range (36 ounces daily) used to drink 42 ounces but it was thinner formula.
he still is vomiting exorcist style, but he did stop for a few days, but it's started up again in the last 72 hours.
i've started two threads about my sons reflux, at one point we thought it was pyloric stenosis, but nothing not even severe reflux has been diagnosed. i know i'll end up in the a&e at some point, but i need to calm down first.
is there anyone else who has had this? please tell me it's more common than i think.