Jack's new pediatrician

We have found a new pediatrician here for Jack and were able to get in to see him on Thursday of last week.  Going through the whole history with him was tedious but we were the last appointment of the day and he was a great listener through it all.  We asked him about transferring Jack's care from the Ped. GI specialist in St. Louis to one in Ann Arbor and he had some things he wanted us to try first.  Since we had some short success with taking Jack off of soy and milk, he wanted to try that again for a longer period of time.  He also wanted to get Jack onto a fiber supplement to help "bulk him up".  So this week we started the fiber and next week we'll begin elliminating milk and soy from his diet.  I am a bit intimidated still by this but being home in the states sure makes it a whole lot easier.  The labels here on foods are reliable and most even say if they contain milk or soy so that you don't have to read every ingredient.  After a few weeks without these things in his diet, we'll have a good idea if they were causing his diarreah.  Then we'll try reintroducing them one at at time and see how he reacts.  If we don't find that those eliminations help him, we'll begin to take him off of anything containing gluten.  The doctor felt like that even though Jack tested negative to Celiac disease, it was worth trying th elimination of gluten from his diet to see if that was causing his problem.  * He currently has a patient much like Jack who also tested negative for Celiac but has had success in eliminating the diarreah by eliminating gluten.  But we won't go there yet.  For now, increase fiber and decrease milk and soy.  Jack did weigh in within the 75^th % for his weight and the 95^th for his height so that was great news!

 

Thanks for praying and we'll keep you posted!