We had a good Thanksgiving and made lots of SCD-legal foods for our little boy. He had:
(1) Turkey (no broth-added, organic, SCD) - $50 at Whole Foods (!!!)
(2) Gravy - didn't turn out so well, but we tried.
(3) Cranberry-pear sauce - a MAJOR hit with everyone (substitute honey for sugar)
(4) Almond butter muffins (from Comfy Tummy and elsewhere)
(5) Acorn squash - he didn't want it, but we got a bite or two down
(6) Pumpkin pie - this is ridiculously good and makes our kids CRAZY! (we make with butternut squash)
The adults ate mashed potatoes and stuffing as well.
Since the last flare a couple of weeks ago, we've made significant progress back towards normality. Poops are now runny with a little oatmeal-consistency, predictably twice a day, and with little blood... which seems good to us. Most of all, our boy has been very happy over the last 3-4 days and when HE feels good, WE feel good.
We were concerned a few days ago about anemia (and we still are). We've scheduled an appointment with the Children's GI group for this Thursday. He is NOT looking forward to giving blood despite the fact that the lab technician is awesome. This man is a gentle giant and is absolutely amazing with his effortless ability to draw blood with little kids. We ask for him by name!
A week ago, I would have entertained the idea of putting him on a course of prednisone to clear him up. The last several days have been good and I'd probably be defensive about medications prescribed by the GI docs. I'll post again soon.
(1) Turkey (no broth-added, organic, SCD) - $50 at Whole Foods (!!!)
(2) Gravy - didn't turn out so well, but we tried.
(3) Cranberry-pear sauce - a MAJOR hit with everyone (substitute honey for sugar)
(4) Almond butter muffins (from Comfy Tummy and elsewhere)
(5) Acorn squash - he didn't want it, but we got a bite or two down
(6) Pumpkin pie - this is ridiculously good and makes our kids CRAZY! (we make with butternut squash)
The adults ate mashed potatoes and stuffing as well.
Since the last flare a couple of weeks ago, we've made significant progress back towards normality. Poops are now runny with a little oatmeal-consistency, predictably twice a day, and with little blood... which seems good to us. Most of all, our boy has been very happy over the last 3-4 days and when HE feels good, WE feel good.
We were concerned a few days ago about anemia (and we still are). We've scheduled an appointment with the Children's GI group for this Thursday. He is NOT looking forward to giving blood despite the fact that the lab technician is awesome. This man is a gentle giant and is absolutely amazing with his effortless ability to draw blood with little kids. We ask for him by name!
A week ago, I would have entertained the idea of putting him on a course of prednisone to clear him up. The last several days have been good and I'd probably be defensive about medications prescribed by the GI docs. I'll post again soon.
Hi again. Thanks for the reply to my last comment. We'll definitely keep in touch. We decided over the weekend to put Ranger back on SCD - we'd been considering it for a few weeks, which is why I was searching for new info on the web. We've done a couple of days on the intro and are just starting to introduce more food. Ranger vomited on the second day, and was extremely grumpy - but is now coming right and the diarrhea has definitely eased.
He's been six weeks on Azathioprine too, so it's going to be hard to know if it's the drug or the diet helping him. But our hope is that perhaps the drug can reduce the flare ups and help keep him on the diet long enough to make a difference. And then hopefully he can come off the drug sooner. (Last time we did the diet he was drug free, and much younger and thinner, and I just don't think he was strong enough to get through on diet alone).
I hope the blood tests go ok. We battle the same problems constantly.. the fear of blood tests, and the low iron. No easy solutions.
We don't have Thanksgiving over here - but the pumpkin pie looks great so I think we'll try that soon.
Thanks,
Gillian.