Last Tuesday, we loaded up and drove to meet with our – hopefully – new gastroenterologist. This doctor had been highly recommended to us, and I hoped very much that he would actually be a contributing part of my boys health care. As with any new doctor, there was a … Continue reading
Yesterday we had our first appointments with the Atlanta specialists. Coming here was a good decision. I have so much to say about how it went and what I learned, but I don’t have a computer and it is far too much to type on an iPhone. So I’ll just … Continue reading
Back in December, I mentioned that we were going to Travel For Medical Care. Next Tuesday is our Big Day. We will see a new GI and a new Allergist on Tuesday, and hopefully get an appointment with the nutritionist they both use. We picked doctors in Atlanta, mostly because … Continue reading
I took Mr. Charm to the GI on Monday, Oct. 15th. The doctor wouldn’t give us the hydrogen breath test, but did other tests to ‘rule things out’. We were told we would be called with the results. They didn’t call. I finally called the doctor on Friday, the 26th … Continue reading
(I’m going to apologize in advance…this post is rather long and disjointed, but for all my editing efforts I can’t seem to improve it. I’m still exhausted from Monday and seriously irritated and confused, and this is the best I can do. Thanks for sticking with me!) Riddle me this: … Continue reading
Last week I posted about my new suspicion that Mr. Charm may have fructose malabsorption, and my determination to have him tested for the condition. The day before that post ran, I called our pediatrician to ask what needed to be done to order the test. I spoke with a … Continue reading
Food allergy Mama’s are well-familiar with having to test diapers for blood. You give the diaper to the tech, they go away for a couple minutes, come back in and announce the verdict. If you have ever witnessed the test, they swipe some stool onto two spots on a little … Continue reading
Keeping a toddler on an elimination diet was easier than I thought it would be, but still, it has been hard. He’s a quick little sneak, and the few foods that I kept in our pantry that I hoped would soon be added back in but were not, yet, were … Continue reading
In an amusing story, last Friday Mr. Charm swallowed some coins. How many? Who knows! He’d discovered the Geek’s special coin hiding place and had been hoarding coins in hard to reach places. So other than knowing that one of the coins was silver, I have no idea how many … Continue reading
After last weeks blood draw debacle, I called the allergist to see if she had someplace else she would recommend we go for the blood draw. She advised me to go to our pediatrician, who sent me to the hospital where Mr. Charm was born to have it done. We … Continue reading
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