GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Follow Shae-Lynne's mom through the excitement of her first pregnancy and the abounding joy of the birth of her beautiful baby girl. Joy quickly turns to frustration, fear, guilt and sorrow as she begins to realize there is something wrong with her perfect new bundle. Ride the reflux roller coaster with Roni as she struggles to survive the following months watching helplessly as her daughter starves herself, and suffers from uncontrollable vomiting, choking and failure to thrive. Desperately trying to get a diagnoses and finally a treatment for her beautiful little girl's suffering Roni begins to research believing if she studied enough she would find a solution. What she finds instead is a whole world of other children suffering just as Shae-Lynne does. Life on the Reflux Roller Coaster is a heartwarming, at times heartbreaking story that we can all learn from about surviving, and finding hope and joy through personal tragedy. Not only a powerful story, it's jammed full of important information about the devastating effects of reflux disease, as well as treatment options and support groups.

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ISBN: 1-4137-0833-1, 191 pages, 6 x 9