O-Boy(s)!: 1 For 1

Monday, January 16, 2012

1 For 1

One new food for Colin! ...and a sad fail. Colin grabbed Scotty's peanut butter spoon last week. We were lucky in that he only threw-up for one day. A nasty bout of eczema has erupted all over his arms and legs as a remaining symptom. No more peanuts. Colin and Scotty's safe foods continue to be completely different.

PASS:

FAIL:

2 comments:

Ben and Camille said...: hi! i loved the pics you took at the funeral--so good and thank you for doing that. i live in ogden. i do classes and have one coming up in april if you're interested:) here is the link to what they are like:

http://camillegarrison.blogspot.com/search/label/Basic%20Photography%20Classes; January 18, 2012
Jessica said...: I haven't seen my photos from the funeral. I gave Morgan the card and have only seen the ones on your blog :) thanks for sharing them. Do you have them by chance? I don't want to bother their family about them now, someday....

And yes, a class. What I need to do is pay you to come to my house and teach me more about light. I understand things individually, but not all put together. Would you be interested in that? You can bring your baby!; January 18, 2012

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What is FPIES?

I have 2 children that are recently healed from FPIES - Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. Scotty is 5 years old - and fought this disorder for about 3.5 hard years. Colin is a 20 month old baby - and had a quick recovery. He is recently cleared of all of his symptoms, calling him FPIES free!

FPIES is a severe delayed food allergy of the gut, it is understood to be a T-cell mediated response in which food is considered a foreign invader and the body “fights” it until it can violently expel it; although the exact mechanisms are still not well understood.

Symptoms include: profound vomiting (often to bile), diarrhea and/or constipation. These can lead to: lethargy, low body temp or fever, hypotension, and in severe cases, sepsis and shock. Reactions to food are often delayed - a couple hours or even days.

Many children also experience a combination of discomforting symptoms while the body "fights" this reaction and these can include: extreme stomach pains, gas, runny stools with or without mucous or blood, persistent hiccups, acid reflux, rashes, sleep disturbance, and agitation. Other atypical symptoms I see in my own children are persistent runny noses and ear infections. Sypmtoms can last a couple hours or even weeks after the initial ingestion of a trigger food.

FPIES is a clinical diagnosis (based on symptoms), there is currently no test for it.

FPIES common trigger foods as listed in the literature include, but are certainly not limited to: Dairy, Soy, Rice, Oats, Barley, Green Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, Chicken, Turkey, Corn, Eggs.

Safe foods for these children to eat are determined by food challenges either at home or the doctor's office, as directed by the child's physician.

Children diagnosed with FPIES are treated in part with a strict elimination diet - keeping all trigger foods 100% out of their bodies. It is hoped that this will give their gut time to "heal".

Read and learn more in Joy's collection of articles:
FPIES File Cabinet

Also see her great collection of articles at The FPIES Foundation:
Medical Resource Articles

Check out this new great website with tons of FPIES info:
International Association for Food Protein Enterocolitis