ICE. Of course! We aren’t quite ready to start Mr. Happy on solid foods yet, but there is concern in the FPIES world that if you have to wait too long to begin feeding your child, feeding issues raise their ugly little heads. There are physical problems that come up: … Continue reading
Take a trip into your imagination for a minute… You are the mother (or father) of a precious little boy. He’s adorable! The light of your life. You can’t believe how lucky you are to be his parent. You snuggle with him, lovingly bathe him, tickle him and cover him … Continue reading
The Geek might start thinking I’m the most vain person on the planet soon, because I keep looking at myself in the mirror and making random exclamations about how GOOD I look now. It’s not vanity. Really. It’s shock. I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around the … Continue reading
Tuesday this week we met with the dietician. I honestly didn’t have high hopes, as – aside from one friend who is a knowledgeable dietician (and fellow FPIES Mama) – our experiences with dieticians has been lackluster. In this case, I was pleasantly thrilled! This lady knew about my kids … Continue reading
Definition of Conundrum: “an intricate and difficult problem.” Did I mention the sheer volume of tests the GI ordered for Mr. Happy and Mr. Charm? Did you catch that they are STOOL samples? I wasn’t too concerned…I’ve collected LOTS of poop from my kiddos over the last two and a … Continue reading
After meeting up with the grandparents (my Mom and the Geek’s Dad) and Mr. Charm, we left to go find some food for me to eat. We were quickly interrupted by a phone call from the allergists office asking if we were okay and where we were. I was a … Continue reading
We left Dr. G’s office and the grandparents took Mr. Charm to get some lunch while I took Mr. Happy for his blood draw. Poor little guy had 16mL of blood drawn! Ouch! He really does have tough veins to draw from. It’s a new experience for me: I’m basically … Continue reading
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
The only reason the Geek and I are not in one of those eHarmony commercials is because we both had our distance restriction set too low. I was living in Houston (my hometown) and he was living where we now reside, and we both said we wanted people within 50 … 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
