Kara was diagnosed with food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) in August of 2010. She has had many FPIES reactions and complications that have lead to numerous hospitalizations and specialist appointments. It was a huge sigh of relief to finally have some answers and a diagnosis, however we have to remind ourselves daily that this is a very serious disease and this is only the beginning of the long road we have in front of us.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Potatoes!

Kara has a food! We continued our food trial for a good 16-17 days until we felt comfortable saying it was a pass. She loves potatoes and they seemed to love her too! She does have tummy pain here and there but I believe that is related to the eosinophilc colitis, simply causing her pain because everything that comes out of her is consistent with her baseline! :)

The other night we were ready to start something else, as Kara was getting pretty tired of potato every single day. I had some pureed sweet potatoes in the house so we went ahead with those as our next food trial. She's loving them and we are on day four of them and so far, they seem to be agreeing. My thought process as the what food to try next went from one food to the next, with no real rhyme or reason and sweet potatoes wasn't even one I was considering. I'm not real sure what happened, in a weak moment, I just decided we should go for it! I watched the clock that night like a hawk. Each little burp and fuss I questioned but Kara slept through the night that night! We'll do at least 14 days of this trial as well, which is good - hopefully I'll have done a little more prepping in the "what shall we try next" list!

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