Friday, November 21, 2008

I know it has been a while since I last posted. So much has been going on and I just haven't had time. I have been devoting most of my time to Bryce here lately. I took him for a check up and found that his hemoglobin level was 7 (it's supposed to be 13). Dr. Nabors feels like this is due to his eosiniphillic gastroenteritis (EGE). We had to do stool samples to make sure he wasn't losing blood through his stomach and sure enough he is passing blood in his stool. We went to an allergist in Memphis to discuss his EGE. He was concerned that the Rast test (allergy test) done in the summer might have some false positives or negatives on it. Sure enough it did. They did the skin test. The poor baby got pricked 64 times in his back. It had to sit for 10 min to see how everything reacted. Final word...he is allergic to Soybeans, Corn, Milk, Eggs. He is on an elimination diet now to see if we can get his gut healed and his blood levels back to normal. Do you know how hard it is to find things without those ingredients? I have had to cook all of his food that he's eaten this week. Most everything you buy has corn syrup or soy something in it, so I have had to buy from the organic section at Kroger. I am going to the health food store today and maybe they will have a bigger variety. We go back to the doctor in Dec. to check his blood again...maybe we can start adding back into his diet again. Tyler has a tournament tomorrow, so I hope to have some pics to post of that and maybe a video. Keep Bryce in your prayers this week. We are very optimistic about his healing, but sometimes this can be a lifelong battle. Will post again soon!

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