How it all began...

It all began shortly after our little guy turned 1. He was growing just fine, but started vomiting during his meals. It would happen several times a week, but no fever or other symptoms. We spoke to the doctors, but we weren't too concerned at this point. Our daughter was a BIG spitter-upper when she was born, so this wasn't such a big deal for us...

As he closed in on his 2nd birthday, we started to get more concerned. He was so skinny and long and the vomiting was more frequent. After a little pushing with the docs, we discovered that he was also WAY behind on his growth chart (he had been charted on the girl's chart--which can vary a lot!). So after discovering this, we found out he was not even on the weight chart! This drew concern from the docs; we were asked to increase his calorie intake, the did many blood and stool tests, then we were referred to a Pediatric GI...

The GI meeting went well, although the doc felt he wasn't sick enough to warrant further invasive testing. We scheduled an appointment for closer to his bday for a weight check and to debrief how the calorie upping was going.

Upon meeting back with the GI doc, we discovered virtually no weight gain (which also meant he was falling further off the growth chart...). We decided to allow the doc to perform a scope as this was the only way to get some possible answers.

The morning of the scope was NOT fun. He had to be put out, plus they wanted to do some upper GI x-rays after the scope. The procedure didn't take too long and he came through it better than his mom :) He did not, however, cooperate with the x-rays and was not willing to swallow the contrast. The scope did lead us to some answers, though, and we were introduced to eosinophilic esophagitis.