Where do you find a Teaching Hospital?  Maybe I'll check with the Mayo
Clinic in Phoenix did a conference there the other day.

Thanks!

Love,

Amy


At 05:31 PM 10/24/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/23/98 11:18:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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><< My kid is reacting to the Progesimil too ... but I'm having trouble
finding
> an alternative.  She's got some kind of malabsorbtion going on I can't take
> her off it ... she just shrivels up (protein I think) but she gets major
> calories ...
>
> anyway what did you do? >>
>
>My son had difficulty tolerating the Pregestimil--it resulted in a lot of
>vomiting from GE reflux.
>
>Fortunately, he was well over a year old by the time his allergies got to the
>point that we had to abandon formula totally and switch to water.  He was
>taking in enough calories by mouth with solid foods to compensate from the
>decrease in milk or milk alternative calories so it was awkward but it worked
>out okay.
>
>I know with the age of your baby you do not have such a luxury.
>
>I would suggest that you seek out a pediatric gastroenterologist who
>specializes in nutrition issues. You can find such doctors at children's
>teaching hospitals.   Sounds like you need a GI workup for your baby if you
>have malabsorption problems coupled with food allergies or food intolerances.
>Other things could be going on that you are not aware of (like GE reflux or
>other GI disorders).
>
>LYnda
>
>