Gastric Motility Study

This morning we brought Jonathan to Radiology for another motility test. Although he had two of these tests done when he was younger they were liquid emptying studies.  He wasn't able to eat any food at that point so liquids through his g-tube were our only option. Liquid motility tests aren't as reliable as solids. We normally eat solid foods and the stomach responds a little differently to solids, so a solid food emptying study is considered the standard.

Jonathan did a great job of eating the one bite of scrambled egg and sip of apple juice that was laced with a tracer. For filler and to simulate a meal, he also ate a jelly sandwich and sipped on some normal apple juice. After he ate all of his food we hunkered down for 2 hours.  Every 30 minutes he was wheeled under the machine and a picture of stomach was taken. The progression of the pictures produced a time-lapse of how the food was moving out of his stomach. 

In between the pictures was movie time (Despicable Me). Although the nurse didn't zoom all the way in on the pictures and we haven't gotten the official response back yet from the doctor, the nurse said that it looked like about 80%+ had emptied.  That is well within the normal range.

This is good news and I think we can now put this issue to bed since he's been tested three times.