Other than Dr. Miller (the first neuro who we will never get back
but who I miss sooo much) we met the best Dr. at Anna's GI appointment on
friday. His name is Dr. Ogunmolu. He was 1.) on time, 2.)so very
kind, 3.)Anna smiled and laughed at him, 4.)took us very seriously, 5.)has a
plan of action described in detail, and 5.)explained things so well that I
didn't even have any questions to ask. I highly reccomend him and I do
not
highly reccomend too many people. He truly believes Anna's
failure
to
thrive is all related tot he milk/soy protein
allergy.
He thinks
the
protein in the Alimentum is still
not
broken down enough
and has
switched her to
Elecare. He
explained that the protein
molecules in
regular formula are
like
a
basketball and in Alimentum are
like a softball
and in Elecare are
like
a
golfball. He
really
thinks with the Elecare
she
will
thrive. There
are only 2 problems
with the Elecare.
First, she doesn't care
too much for
the taste
but she is
adjusting.
It does
come
in Vanilla so if she won't
tolerate
the
unflavored we
will
switch. The second problem is that
it
is
$40 a
can.
She
generally takes about 2 cans/week.
Regualr
formula is
about $12/can
for those of you not familiar with
formula
prices. You
have to
order it from a pharmacy
and
it
only comes in a case of 6 cans
so
we must
spend
about
$240
everytime we order. If I see improvements
I
will
petition our
insurance to pay for it eventhough it is
listed
as
an
exclusion on our
policy.