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Ped Gi Appt. In Oct.

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pricklypear1971 Community Regular
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So,

My son has been having more frequent stomach aches and D. Enough that he openly talks to me about it. We had a convo last night and it sounds like he's tired of it and is willing to do something about it.

So.....I am picking up the lab order for his annual antibody testing next week at my appointment...and we have an appointment at UA Pediatric Gastroenterology in Oct.

Sigh.

Now I have to keep him on gluten through his fall break (3 weeks) at home, since I've been relying on school lunch to gluten him the past year.

I so didn't want it to come to this, but here we are.

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pricklypear1971 Community Regular
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Ok.

Went to the grocery store for gluten. Figured he may as well eat some of the stuff I never bring home because it may be his only opportunity. Came home with Twinkies, Goldfish, pretzels and Pop Tarts.

He is in heaven, except he has very bad D.

Discovered that he snuck the remaining two small bottles of Weinhard's Orange Cream Soda that he wasn't supposed to get into.

So I have a kid with D chugging sugary soda, and stuffing Goldfish crackers and Pop Tarts in his mouth and wondering why he can't stop cramping and pooping.

I predict a stiff learning curve.

I threatened to throw it all out and shove vital wheat gluten pills down his throat.

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:) You are a good Mom :)

Yes, it's hard to gluten load...and so important! If you know that you are willing to do an endoscopy, try to set that up now too so that not too much time passes between the initial GI visit and endoscopy (so you don't have to continue to keep him on gluten even longer).

Also, you might ask to have his digestive enzymes sampled from his villi during an endoscopy, if you go that route. Not many doctors know of that test, but Dr. Pietzak at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles does (and your doctor could contact her). Interestingly, one of our girls had effectively NO digestive enzymes for sugars, lactose, fats...but craved all those things. I'm sure if I had had orange cream soda anywhere, she would have consumed it...

Yes, I let my kids have a Ding Dong before their endoscopies--made my mom happy that they'd get a chance to taste "American culture" ha ha.

Thinking of you!

P.S. I made my girls "celebratory" gift baskets for going gluten free--packed with all sorts of yummy gluten-free treats (cookies, crackers, pancake mixes, gluten-free lipstick, etc.)

Maybe your son would like a box of treats too...when his gluten-free day comes!

pricklypear1971 Community Regular
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Thanks for telling me about the digestive enzyme testing.

I don't know if they'll schedule an endoscopy prior to the visit. I am going in with new labs, that's a plus. Of course, I have no idea what they'll say... Maybe after I get the labs I'll call and see if they'll set it up.

As it turns out we both had a stomach virus- which, interestingly enough, seemed like a magnification of his already present symptoms. No fever, etc., but until it hit me neither one of us suspected. So...the urgency has subsided but he still had bouts of nausea, cramping, d (mostly mild c) and sometimes vomiting. It's a few months early for the blood retesting (10 months) but close enough.

So, we will continue to gluten him up. He's thrilled.

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pricklypear1971 Community Regular
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Well, just left peds office. He wants to do an abdominal X-ray, a new celiac panel from a different lab (to see if anything differs), and schedule on endoscopy.

He wants to see what's going on...he thinks its functional constipation but won't make a dx until we go through all of it. He doesn't think it CAN'T be celiac, doesn't think we're crazy, and is actually doing something.

All good news so far.

pricklypear1971 Community Regular
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So, X-ray shows kid is very constipated.

Well, at least I can honestly (and without sarcasm), tell him he's full of crap.

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:) sounds to me like you and your doctor are good matches and are doing a great job taking care of your son!

Thinking of you!

Keep us posted!

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