March 2011 Update

Wow - time flies when you have three kids age 5 and under... my last update was in December! I'll keep updating when there are CD events...

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We've Found Our Groove

We have been in a pattern since the summer: 1-2 weeks of 100% EleCare followed by 4-6 weeks of regular food supplemented with EleCare. The ...

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6 Months with Enteral Nutrition

We surpassed the 6-month mark since abandoning 100% SCD and Entocort, and entered the enteral nutrition world. I am amazed at so many aspec...

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Updates

It's been a few months since we've updated this blog. Our son started on a 12-week course of nothing but EleCare. Without any addi...

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Updates

The Positives: Cyrus is averaging a pound a week right now on EleCare. 3.5 pounds in 3.5 weeks. The past couple of days have yielded littl...

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Solid

We've had a great stretch of solid stools. Who would've thought I'd cheer for my son's pooh's? Four *solid* days, litt...

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8 Months...

I've not really intended to update this blog only monthly, but sitting back and reviewing the previous month seems like a natural thing ...

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The New Year

We took a break from blogging for a few weeks, but are now back at it... Today, we've been on the SCD for 6 months with our son without ...

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Happy Thanksgiving

We had a good Thanksgiving and made lots of SCD-legal foods for our little boy. He had: (1) Turkey (no broth-added, organic, SCD) - $50 at ...

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Anemic

We are reasonably certain that the bad flare up was the result of getting a hold of an illegal food. The flare subsided after several days ...

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Bad Flare

I don't like only blogging when things go badly, but it seems like we are in a serious rut. Our son is at 4.5 months on the diet, and h...

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4.5 months, doing okay

We've been at this for a while now. No meds for over 6 months and on the diet for 4.5 months. Our son is doing reasonably well -- feel...

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solid!

First solid(-ish) poop in about 3 months yesterday... something every parent should be proud of! He's been eating like mad lately and g...

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SCD @ 4 Months

I'm starting to question the efficacy of this diet. He hasn't had anything close to solid poop-wise in several months and the blood...

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The Asparagus Set Back

One of the main motivations for documenting our son's experience with the SCD is that we cannot find testimonials other than: (1) I'...

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Symptoms and CDAI

Many SCD sites and blogs display helpful recipes and tips, but VERY few give information about the other side of it -- does it work?... how ...

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Yuck

Our son's tummy pains have us all feeling cruddy. Not sure what to do about this... it's testing our resolve and patience and menta...

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SCD Update

We just surpassed the 6-week mark on the specific carbohydrate diet. In summary, we think it is working for Cyrus and we will continue on t...

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Stomach Update

Cyrus seems to be doing better today. Although he wasn't hungry for too much, he did end up going to the bathroom which hopefully means ...

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Throw Up

Cyrus tossed his cookies (well, cheese) about an hour after he went to bed last night and was complaining about stomach pain from the aftern...

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