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There's a full moon and it's Monday

I had a busy day today and had three questions from parents that I had to
tell them that I'd have to read up on.  Maybe you can help.
Question 1.  The mom of a 9 mo. and 4 yr. old healthy children called to
say that they were leaving on vacation to Colorado and would be at an
elevation of 7000 ft. above sea level.  Mom had been told that she should
give the children aspirin to prevent against altitude related illnesses.  I
had never heard of this.  The closest I could come up with is to prevent
the microhemorrhages in High Altitude Pulmonary Edema but don't know if
this would even apply.  Do you?
Question 2.  A pregnant woman with silicone breast implants asks if it's OK
to breast feed her baby.  I remember reading something about scleroderma
type esophageal problems in these breast fed infants.  Would you recommend
breast feeding?
Question 3.  The mom of a 4 week old who presented with a severe cow/soy
formula intolerance characterized by bloody stools and vomiting says that
her baby refuses the hypoallergenic formulas but will take goats milk.  It
is canned with added folic acid.  She refuses to retry or even wean back to
the hypoallergenic formulas.  What do you think?
Thanks for your thoughts.  Kim Burlingham, MD  250 feet above sea level, no
comments on personal breast endowment