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posted: So Ava was struggling with a pain right between her ribs
over Christmas break. It had absolutely no pattern and could not
be traced to food or activity. As soon as we were prepared to
take her in to the pedi, she would have a couple of symptom free
days.  But it struck again Friday. The school nurse called me
and discussed it with me. Ava told her that it was going on for
a while, dad had emailed the doctor (we are friends) and that
she had Spicy Doritos in her lunch (she had Wheat Thins). She
was good before we could finish our conversation; so I made an
appt with the pedi for 3:15.  He suggested that perhaps it was
some acid that had built up in her stomach as a result of a
possible virus that had no other symptoms. That her stomach may
be 'sore' from it and therefore it's not healing or drying up.
He prescribed Prevacid; when I went to the pharmacy, it was
going to be $165 (that was the best price for the generic after
calling 3 plac