According to the Mayo Clinic’s website Gastroparesis is “a condition in
which the muscles in your stomach don’t function normally.
Ordinarily,
strong muscular contractions propel food through your digestive tract. But in
gastroparesis, the muscles in the wall of your stomach work poorly or not at
all, preventing your stomach from emptying properly. This can interfere with
digestion, cause nausea and vomiting, and play havoc with blood sugar levels and
nutrition. No available treatment can cure gastroparesis. Dietary changes
and certain medications sometimes help control symptoms of gastroparesis, but
they’re not effective in every case. And the available gastroparesis drugs can
cause serious side effects. Researchers are investigating other types of
therapies for gastroparesis.
He is going to use Erythromycin and Zophran to help treat it. She will take these 30 minutes before 3 meals – which right now is 4 ounces of Ensure (Yummie!!!) She will finish the other 4 ounces a few hours past that. The Erythromycin will also help her stomach muscles to contract – and push the food to small intestines.
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I am so glad that your Twitter friends are prayer warriors and encouragement to you. I also have been supported by their prayers, as my daughter is currently in the hospital. I will start praying for your daughter, Megan. As mothers our hearts breaks to see our children suffer. My daughter has been ill for thirty years now. But years ago, I had to come to the realization that God loves my daughter more than I ever could. It is at times when she is most ill, that I choose to believe in His faithful love for her, even when I don't understand what His highest and best is for her. I will keep placing our daughters in His arms.
@shanchere Thank you for your encouraging comments! It is amazing that I have so much love for her and I know that the Lord loves her even more than that.
We may never truly understand the why, but I do know that she will be able to make a huge difference one day! I can't wait to see it.