So far Jade saw the GI dr about how often she has been sick and throwing up this year. Turns out since she stopped dancing she has continued to loose weight and has not grown at all in nearly 18 months. So now her GI wants her calorie intake increased to just over 2000 kcals a day (we have been told to add 2 pedasure drinks a day to her diet again)...
In addition to the increased calories, they are going to do a barium swallow test to test for dysphagia or other swallowing issues. The GI is also ordering an upper GI (possibly a complete) biopsy workup to check for EOE or Eosinophilic (e-o-sin-o-fil-ik) esophagitis (e-so-fa-gi-tis). She is being tested for this due to the fact that she is most likely to throw up shortly after eating, feels her foods and drinks slide down her throat, and sometimes feels like they are starting to stuck.
Frank said at the appointment, when they mentioned this his first thought was, "oh great here we go again..." This is similar to what we deal with Ellie.
Jade saw dermatology for a wart on her hand and started the treatment. According to her doctor she may be lucky and need only 1 or 2 treatments, or may have one of the stubborn warts that requires many treatments just to keep it under control. We will not know until we return to the office in 3 weeks and have then freeze the wart a 2nd time and then see how it responds.
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