My Dear Bryn

This past 4 weeks has been a whirlwind of learning!

Bryn's results

Allergies
Mild cows milk allergy
Mild egg white allergy

Intolerances
Servere Casein intolerance
Moderate/Severe Gluten intolerance

We've always known she was sensitive to dairy it was just obvious that dairy gave her diarrhea. But we let her have cheese and yogurts and ice cream minimally. But she would poop 3-6 times a day and it was ALWAYS soft stool and frequent diarrhea. It got to the point that she was having chronic diarrhea and after she ate mac and cheese at a restaurant it become bloody! So we said thats it! NO MORE DAIRY nothing with dairy in it no exceptions except some butter or kerry gold. But she was still pooping frequently and would get diarrhea everytime we ate outside of home.

At this point at home we ate clean mostly organic and very little gluten and we were eating dairy free. So at home she was doing pretty well. At restaurants she was eating gluten. SO we went for her 4 year appointment on February 13th. I was explaining her gut issues to her AMAZING very crunchy pediatrician and he said I think its time we do the full blood panel. We she got her blood drawn right then and there in the room. She didn't know what was happening and not a tear. But she did get pale and faint afterwords and needed to gain composure for a bit and asked that she never have to do that again. She called told everyone she got a bug bite at the doctors and it hurt.

1 week later we got her results. And we were shocked to say the least! So we cut it all out and it its TREMENDOUSLY helped! We've tried eating and restaurants a couple times and it is still giving her diarrhea. So I think she is even sensitive to cross contamination. Which I'm surprised at. So we have some quirks to work out still. We also are having a hard time eliminating egg. All of the gluten free breads I find are egg based and lots of gluten free stuff is egg based. I don't see a noticeable difference with the eggs when they are baked in things. But I'd still like to cut it and reintroduce it and see how it goes.

For now we are just trying to get her food in check and we are packing food for her wherever we go. We will hopefully beable to eat out again. But right now its still tricky.

Eventually once we are comfortable with things I'd like to focus on healing her gut more. We are taking probiotics of course, but I'd like to move beyond that.

But baby steps for now :)