James has been having what we think are GI (gastrointestinal) issues for a while now. He doesn’t seem to be tolerating his food well so yesterday we switched his formula from Similac Alimentum to Similac Sensitive to see if that helps.
Today we took James to a different GI doctor that came recommended. He had been seen by a GI doc when he was in the NICU and Stacy has been in contact with her since James has been home. We went to see this new doctor just to get a second opinion and to see if he had any other recommendations. What a horrible experience that was! I won’t even try to sugar coat it!
When he was examining James’ belly, he pointed to the Mic-Key button and asked us what this was. Stacy and I just looked at each other with confused looks on our faces. I think we had the same thoughts going through our heads. “Did he really just ask that?” “Was he serious?” “Maybe he was joking.” “What kind of gastrointestinal doctor doesn’t know what a Mic-Key button is?” He then recommended that we get rid of the Mic-Key button and go back to a g-tube, which we took to mean the PEG tube like James had in the NICU before he got his Mic-Key button. Again, we looked at each other dumbfounded: “Did he really want us to go back to the PEG tube?” “Don’t the PEG tube and G-tube perform the same function?” “How could the Mic-Key button cause the feeding issues and why does he think the PEG tube was the answer?”
When we got in the car to go home, we confirmed that we both had the same questions going through our heads during the appointment. Neither one of us could figure out if the doctor was serious and didn’t know what a Mic-Key button was, or if he was trying to be funny. The fact that he questioned it without the slightest hint of a smirk lead us to believe that he really didn’t know what it was. Needless to say, that was the last time we saw that doctor. He did prescribe Reglan, which James was given when he was in the hospital and seemed to help with discomfort during feedings so we filled it and will start giving it to him every 8 hours. Hopefully it helps.
