Reflux

Hunter had his Upper G.I. test today to determine whether or not he had reflux. Nobody is surprised by the results, yes he does have reflux.

It's good that they figured this out, because CPAP doesn't treat this, fortunately they have medicine that does. They started him on the medicine today and if he stops breathing so hard they may remove him from CPAP as early as tomorrow.

It's very likely that Hunter will come home with this reflux medication. It also sounds very likely that he will come home with oxygen. We can handle that though, at least he will be able to come home. Doctor said that sometimes babies only need oxygen and medicine for a month or two, but other times it can go on for a long time. They don't answer anything absolutely, its always "it depends".

In the case that Hunter does come home on oxygen they want us to be ready for it. To help parents adjust they want Mommys and Daddys to spend the night in the hospital once with their baby. There are small bedrooms in the NICU where we would get to spend time with Hunter without nurses and doctors always walking around, but they would be right outside the door just in case we needed them.

It sounds like everyone is eager for Hunter to come home, now we should be able to count his time left in weeks instead of months.