Saturday, January 10, 2009

Omegaven and Fish Oil

we had always heard about this miracle product called Omegaven, and we of course asked about it. We were denied the Omegaven so at first we were a a little disappointed until we heard why Koa didn't qualify. His doctor told us that he would probably be able to "cure" Koa without the Omegaven and that most babies who receive Omegaven are on TPN and Lipids 24 hours a day or are babies who look like they have no chance of being taken off of the TPN and Lipids. This was very uplifting news for us to finally hear. Then we were told that we would be put on Lovaza, which is Omega 3, a fish oil. So we waited for insurance approval and give him one capsule twice a day. He may smell a little fishy but this is truly going to help him in the long run.... :D

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