jo ellen

I asked the pediatrician about it on Thursday at my daughter's 9 month check-up about Byron's problems. He said to wait until after vacation and we'd get a stool sample and they'd test it for bacteria, etc. If that came back normal and he was still having issues then they'd do the blood work and possily refer us to a GI specialist. I was so excited about Kathryn's visit that I totally forgot to get the thing to collect the stool sample in. Kathryn was born with an impreforated anus which was corrected with 1 surgery. She now takes laxatives, antibiotics (for kidney reflus disease), and he told me to add a half tbsp of powder fiber and lots of juice and water to her diet. He did say that some times kids (like adults) just have times where their bowel habits are not normal. I agreed, but then said 6 weeks of it is a bit much. He said maybe Byron is constipated and that when I am seeing is the liquified stuff coming from around the stuff he has held in there. I said I didn't think that was the case since he had had a 'nromal morning routine' like his daddy up until all this started happening again.... We will see what the future holds, I guess.

jo

What exact tests should I ask for when requesting the blood work on my son?

My 3 year old son, Byron, had severe diahreah for 8 weeks at about 18 months of age. They did the blood work for Celiac disease and it came back negative. At that point I wasn't feed him any diary and almost no wheat products. Now, at age 3, he has it again. He has been having issues for the past month. He is also very active and complains about being itchy. He hasn't had any stomach viruses recently and we haven't dramatically changed his diet. Byron will be 4 in October, still wears 2T clothes and weighs maybe 28 lbs. My grandma was diagnosed with Celiac disease about 3 years ago. She had lost down to 69 lbs and was always sick!! She has ostioperosis, rhumotoid arthritis, excema, and anemia....but she is also almost 89 years old! I take my 10 month old for a check-up on Thursday and I am going to ask the pediatrician his opinion and I'll probably get something for a stool sample (how fun!!) to bring back to them. Hopefully he can be seen before we go on vacation on 6/28 and we can get the blood work done again and possibly scheduled for a biopsy or some answers to my concerns. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Jo