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Well, just when I started to get excited... Here we are again with tummy pain and no appetite. Ugh... Buddy's biggest complaint is he feels like his food is getting stuck in his throat or something is in his throat that he can't swallow. He doesn't think it's reflux...he thinks things are having a hard time going down. There have been several cases where he's eating something and runs for a glass of water to try and wash it down...and he's crying and in a panic because it feels like it's stuck. Dr. L prescribed Prilosec yesterday and ordered a swallow study. He said he checked for eosinophilic esophagitis during the endoscopy and it was negative. We'll see what the swallow study shows.... --July 29, 2012-- Buddy's new complaint is his tongue feels like a sponge and it feels like food is getting stuck in it. I had him stick his tongue out last night and it had a "hairy" appearance. I looked up "thrush" and "