Bethany

Bethany
Bethany with her NG feeding tube. August 2013

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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We met with a naturopath today. The pediatrician and the GI doc have both said "it would be nice if she gained more weight", but they have nothing helpful to say beyond that. So I thought bringing someone in that does integrative medicine would be helpful. So we went through Bethany's whole story and we did some blood work. We will be starting a regimen to get her gut back into line. The naturopath is very suspicious that her gut flora is not what it should be. So at this point I don't think the treatment she prescribed will do any harm. So we will start that hopefully later this week. When I get done with this post I need to go inform my husband, generally her goes along with whatever I say. But sometimes he balks.

I opted for the blood work instead of furthering her dietary restrictions. Gluten free/ dairy free isn't too hard but it's hard enough. I don't want to eliminate another food if I don't have to.

In house related news, my husband got our bedroom finished. We now have double the space we did before and each have our own closet and it's awesome.

Chelsea is playing soccer and loving it. I can ask her everyday what she did in school and she tells me "I don't remember". If I ask about soccer she can tell me everything. I guess I have a sports nut on my hands, which will be hard for me. I played sports but I really don't have a competitive bone in my body. My mother on the other hand was very competitive. This is going to be a huge adjustment!