My almost six month old has laryngomalacia and silent reflux. .We had a ENT appointment this week and he recommended a swallow study and a GI visit
Any experience with the swallow study? All they really told me was not to feed her before 6am.
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Haven't had it done, but the surgeon my desk mate works for orders them fairly often. It seems like even the anxious panicky patients don't even mind them though... So that's good
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@magnolia: my oldest son had a couple. They add something to the liquid and are able to watch it on the X-ray. It doesn’t hurt at all and I was able to watch. The first time he was a newborn in NICU and the second he was maybe around 9 or 10 months old?
ETA he’s 5.5 now so it’s been a while but I’m happy to answer any questions I can!
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@jhd: thank you! I guess I should ask if I should bring pumped milk? She’s breastfed but she will take a bottle
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@Sams Mom: thanks!
I’m sure I’m more anxious than the baby 
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@magnolia: yes I would call and ask what you need to bring. Def bring whatever she is most used to as far as bottles etc I hope it goes smoothly!
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@magnolia: definitely agree to bring whatever type of bottle she’s most used to, possibly an extra empty one as well. My son had one at 9 months and they tried giving the solution to him via syringe but his issue was he couldn’t swallow from anything not a bottle so we ended up putting it in an empty bottle and giving it to him that way. It was a quick test though!
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My son had a modified barium swallow around 15 months and it actually was very difficult for him. He hated the taste of the barium and he also had to be strapped down in a seat which he HATED. We didn’t get a very good recording bc he was crying so much. Hopefully since your LO is a lot younger, it’ll be easier!! This is similar to the set up we had:
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DS had three while overcoming vocal cord paralysis. I would question about not feeding after 6am unless your appointment is super early. It is generally to ensure that the kid is hungry enough during the study, but being over hungry is a problem too!
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@Ms. RV: thank you. The appointment is at 9. It’s gonna be rough. I’m going to feed her right before 6.
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@peaches1038: thank you! I’m sorry it was so difficult. Baby girl is 5 months old. Hopefully it goes smoothly
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@HappyBaker: thanks! She is used to taking reflux meds from the syringe so hopefully that helps.
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@magnolia: I hope things go well. Please update when you can. My girl has LM. Its proven to be mild and we haven't done anything about it. Why did you have to have the study? What your baby having some other problems or is it the reflux that's the problem? My girl is now 17 months and has started to spit up food a bit. So totally reflux of some kind. I'll probably call her doctor this week. Ugh.
I’m sure I’m more anxious than the baby 
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