Earlier in the year I was dealing with some other issues encompassing dairy free, gluten free, and the ever-loving joy of chronic nausea.
Well guess what decided to be added into my oeuvre of health sanity. My 8-year-old, who is my book loving...and now health issue twin. He started getting consistent stomach aches at school and not to mention he kept having pain. I kept him home quite a few times or picked him up early.
I took him to an allergist...and that was a bust. The states best allergist didn't tell us squat. He treated us horribly. We went for a second opinion. They found some interesting allergy issues: tomato, chicken, and avocados. (We were already doing dairy free...some issues have resolved). It has been a learning curve. We love spaghetti in our house and tomatoes with salt and pepper. We are finding new recipes to help.
The doctors see that he is full of it (which we are dealing with) and totally blew us off. Honestly, the medical field is such a bummer. I know there are a lot of people who fake things, but there are some things that really impact kids. There is a very small part of me that feels that he may be embellishing his pain to get a little more of a reaction from us...However, with my years of being constantly in pain and sick...I want to be sure it isn't something more.
As of now...we are working on an elimination diet with lots of fiber. Once everything is under control, hopefully it will alleviate these symptoms and he can be his normal, happy, pain free self.
Till next time.
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