People often underestimate little things. The thing is, these 'little things' in life can add up to big life altering things. London started out as a little pink line. Then she was this tiny bean shaped blog on an ultrasound. Now she's this big 30 pound toddler. .
And I can't imagine my life without her.
But now we're fighting another 'little thing' that is causing a monster amount of problems and damage. Diarrhea. Poop. And lots of it. We're on day 18. We can't figure it out. At first we thought it may be a virus that's making the rounds and lasts about 10 day. Now we think it may be another food sensitivity.
But.
There's always a big 'but'. But we can't figure out what it is. It's driving us all crazy. I'm working hard on keeping her hydrated and eating. That's a tough job in itself when the food I am giving her may be what is making her sick.
I keep thinking about all those parents who deal with life threatening food allergies and I feel a sort of 'kinship'. I thank heaven every day that my child is not in danger of dropping dead after a casual brush with peanuts. And yet, I live in fear of her slow death. Her gorgeous little chubby knuckles disappearing because of a slow drain of nutrients from her body.
Food allergies are evil little things that grow into grossly huge issues.
I hate 'em.
Hang in there, my friend. Can you take her in to have her tested? The blood test isnt as accurate as the scratch test, but it is much less invasive.
ReplyDeleteI keep getting told that she's too young and tests are inconclusive at this point. I pushed today and had them culture her stool.Her doc was giving me stories about how some viruses do this and we just let it 'run it's course'. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteAt this point I'm resolved to go totally gluten free for a while. For the last few days we've been working through options with milk proteins, almond milk, and rice milk. If she's not better after a week of gluten free stuff I'm thinking of making an appointment at UNM Childrens