Title: G-Tube (ER)
Producer: Emily Halevy
Feed: CWKN #380, April 9, 2008
Time: 1:39
SUGGESTED LEAD: BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN GET SICK ALL THE TIME.  RUNNY NOSE, COUGHING, VOMITING … BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT’S SERIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM? THAT STORY TONIGHT ON CONNECT WITH KIDS.
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NATS: Doctor to mom (:00)
“How many times would you say she threw up since 7 o’clock this morning?  (mom- over 20 times) twenty times.  That’s a lot of times.”

NARR: THERESA PUCKETT HAS BEEN THROWING UP ALL DAY - IT’S DARK GREEN AND BLOODY. (:04)

SOT: David Goo, M.D., CHOA (:12)
“Green vomiting or what we call bilious vomiting is very serious. That means that you have some obstruction that’s backing up the small intestine.”

NARR: THERESA HAS A G-TUBE, WHICH PROVIDES FOOD DIRECTLY INTO HER STOMACH. BUT WHY IS SHE THROWING UP? THE DOCTOR THINKS THE PROBLEM MAY BE A BLOCKAGE IN HER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM … SO HE ORDERS X-RAYS. (:12)

SOT: David Goo, M.D., CHOA (:35)
“The x-ray did not show obstruction in the lower part of the abdomen, but the child continued to have vomiting and green substance coming out of the tube, so we’re still very concerned about her and probably will admit her to the hospital.”

NARR: IN FACT THERESA WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL - AND WITH FURTHER TESTING DOCTORS FOUND THE BLOCKAGE. (:05)

SOT: David Goo, M.D., CHOA (:58)
“The G-tube actually was blocking the exit of the stomach and blocking part of the small intestine and that’s why everything was backing up and becoming green. What they did was they pulled the tube back and everything got better and Theresa was able to go home.”

NARR: THE DOCTOR SAYS THERESA’S CASE WAS SPECIAL, BUT THERE IS A LESSON HERE. (:04)

SOT: David Goo, M.D., CHOA (1:18)
“Anytime your vomiting is green or bloody you need to seek immediate medical treatment. It may be related to an ulcer, a tear in your esophagus, some inflammation of your stomach or something serious going on that we’d have to do special tests to look for.”
 
NARR:  I’M COLLIN SIEDOR FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS. (:02)

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