PH Test

Mommy and daddy are thinking of getting me a gastrostomy. It's a feeding tube that comes straight out the stomach. I think it's a great idea, I hate the nasogastric tube.. i pull it out 2-3 times a day. It hurts when they put it in, I cry and try and fight them. I can't help it though, it's not nice having a tube shoved down your nose and throat, it makes me wretch and i wanna be sick. I had to have a PH test done at the whittington. If i have a gastrostomy the doctor wants to make sure that i don't have severe reflux. If i did have severe reflux i'd have to have a fundoplication at the same time as the gastrostomy. Mommy and daddy are hoping i won't have to have that, cos it's irreversible. I didn't like the PH test, they put a tube down my nose to just where my stomach starts, it was attached to a machine and mommy had to press buttons to record when i ate, slept, woke up. It was horrible cos i had a feeding tube in one nostril and a PH tube in the other! But we managed to do it and the results showed i have mild reflux. Hopefully that means i don't need a fundoplication but we have to do one more test to make sure. Mommy tried feeding me chocolate when i got home, because of my feeding aversions i get to eat things that other kids can't have! They're trying to make me excited about food, but it's not working, they'll just have to be patient with me.