O-Boy(s)!: Walk Thru Our Home

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Walk Thru Our Home

Photos were taken to put up on the MLS. They went up this morning. Our house goes on sale today, but we accepted an offer last night. 3 different families got to go thru it just before it went on sale - and 2 presented very strong offers. We are getting a bit over our asking price, which is always exciting!! The closing period is a little bit nerve wracking for me, and hopefully there will be no glitches!

6 comments:

ellen said...: It's a beautiful house! I want to spend a day in your kitchen.; April 28, 2012
Jessica said...: I want to spend a day with you! That would be fun...; April 28, 2012
Joy said...: Beautiful!!!; April 28, 2012
Stacey said...: Hello! I found your blog because my son has FPIES. We are actually moving to Utah in the next month or so. I LOVE your home. I have a few questions for you if you wouldnt mind helping me out. First, who is your pediatrician for your son? Did you sell your house? We are extremely interested! It is darling! Thank you so much!; May 02, 2012
Jessica said...: Hi Stacey. What is your email address ? We did sell our house already :-( but icanhook you up with all sorts of people! ...and especially my fabulous doctors!; May 03, 2012
Stacey said...: Thank you so much for your response! I would love to know who your fabulous doctors are! Please feel free to email me at: staceyannturner@gmail.com. Any help would be wonderful in establishing great doctors for our little one!; May 07, 2012

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