Have you heard of Boost Juice?

December 7, 2008

I was just wondering if anyone has heard of Boost coming in a juice

form? (2 years)does not eat much and lately has shyed away from

milk. He has been requesting water or apple juice. Our Dr said to go

to the store and pick up the Boost Juice Drink (she said it was the

equivalent of pediasure but in juice form). I have tried 2

stores/pharmacies and no one has ever heard of it (walmart and

riteaid). I am just wondering if this is something I will need to

order or possibly find a recipe and make myself. Or even if the

product exists....because when I look up BOOST or any other

supplemental drink product online I only see the milk based products.

Thanks

A

December 7, 2008

Do they know why he is not wanting any food? Are there allergies involved?

Could he have sores in his mouth that make it painful to eat? Remember too much

water can dilute his blood and cause water intoxification. One of the worst

things I've ever seen is a toddler that had a stroke from it. I would ask the

doctor to delve into why he isn't wanting to eat. Unless there is a virus

onboard or something acute then you don't want this to become a situation. His

relying on supplements could start a bad food aversion that could take years to

get away from.

Again I hope this is only a temporary situation but you might want to try to

work with his diet before starting supplements.

Ursula - mom to (16) and Macey (13,CVID)

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maceyholleman

@...: stina5997@...: Sun, 7 Dec 2008

21:51:20 +0000Subject: Have you heard of Boost Juice?

I was just wondering if anyone has heard of Boost coming in a juice form?

(2 years)does not eat much and lately has shyed away from milk. He has been

requesting water or apple juice. Our Dr said to go to the store and pick up the

Boost Juice Drink (she said it was the equivalent of pediasure but in juice

form). I have tried 2 stores/pharmacies and no one has ever heard of it (walmart

and riteaid). I am just wondering if this is something I will need to order or

possibly find a recipe and make myself. Or even if the product exists....because

when I look up BOOST or any other supplemental drink product online I only see

the milk based products.ThanksA

December 7, 2008

We have been in Food Therapy since March with no real success. The

therapist is puzzled because sometimes he will eat and other times he

won't. When he eats it consists of about 3 - 4 bites of something. I

know what he likes, like french fries and yogurt are 2 of his

favorites and on bad days I try to offer that, but he still refuses.

He does have the laryngo and tracheomalacia pretty severly so that

could be one part but not the whole story according to the ENT. The

other part we haven't conquered yet....we are leaning towards that he

has very bad stomach pains when he has a bowel movement about 2 weeks

of each month unexplained/diagnosed, his is sick with a virus about

every 2 weeks unexplained/diagnosed, or there is another medical

problem we haven't found yet.

We are trying everything to entice him and praise him, but he doesn't

seem to care much. The therapist is the one who told me to start

adding a bit of pediasure to his milk to add teh calories and extra

nutrition. So I would put about 2 - 3 ounces of pediasure in 5 oz of

milk.

We are also seeing a Gastro since May who tells me it is acid reflux

for the eating and his stomach pains....but he has had a ph probe

test that showed no acid reflux and the 2 meds he is on Prevacid and

Axid have made no improvements or changes with him. This doc will

only see use every 4 - 6 months and gives me the same answer when I

call when is in extreme pain....must be something he ate or he

needs stool softner (which is not the case either! he has regular

bowel movements even when sick and he hardly eats) He did run a

bunch of allergy tests and is negative to all of that. So no

food allergies to date.

I guess that having to thicken his liquids still is helping a

bit....I use Simply Thick alot but also try to use pudding,

applesauce and rice cereal when he isn't watching me. He doesn't

like it when he knows I put that in...but he needs the calories and

nutrition. He recent aversion to milk during the day has been

happening for the last month....We are at least forcing him to drink

a cup in the morning and one in the evening (milk) and he is giving

in for the time being.

THanks for the heads up on the water intoxification. I will bring

that up on Tuesday with the food therapist and make sure I am

avoiding it at all costs.

A

>

> Do they know why he is not wanting any food? Are there allergies

involved? Could he have sores in his mouth that make it painful to

eat? Remember too much water can dilute his blood and cause water

intoxification. One of the worst things I've ever seen is a toddler

that had a stroke from it. I would ask the doctor to delve into why

he isn't wanting to eat. Unless there is a virus onboard or

something acute then you don't want this to become a situation. His

relying on supplements could start a bad food aversion that could

take years to get away from.

>

> Again I hope this is only a temporary situation but you might want

to try to work with his diet before starting supplements.

> Ursula - mom to (16) and Macey (13,CVID)

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maceyholleman

>

> @...: stina5997@...: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:51:20

+0000Subject: Have you heard of Boost Juice?

>

> I was just wondering if anyone has heard of Boost coming in a juice

form? (2 years)does not eat much and lately has shyed away from

milk. He has been requesting water or apple juice. Our Dr said to go

to the store and pick up the Boost Juice Drink (she said it was the

equivalent of pediasure but in juice form). I have tried 2

stores/pharmacies and no one has ever heard of it (walmart and

riteaid). I am just wondering if this is something I will need to

order or possibly find a recipe and make myself. Or even if the

product exists....because when I look up BOOST or any other

supplemental drink product online I only see the milk based

products.ThanksA

>

December 8, 2008

Sounds like you have an incompetent gastro, I would look elsewhere. It

sounds like your child needs to be scoped if he's having so much

difficulty.

It also sounds to me like he could be constipated- this is what

happens to my son when he gets constipated- he stops eating and he

starts to have a lot of pain and nausea. And if he has a lot of pain

when having a BM that is pretty consistent with constipation.

If it is constipation there is a product called Oxypowder that really

helps my son. The other thing that I would suggest is to get an x-ray

of the bowel area that can see if there is an impaction or significant

build-up in his colon.

I would press forward and insist on getting a diagnosis, and keep

consulting different docs until you get one!

Cyndi

> >

> > Do they know why he is not wanting any food? Are there allergies

> involved? Could he have sores in his mouth that make it painful to

> eat? Remember too much water can dilute his blood and cause water

> intoxification. One of the worst things I've ever seen is a toddler

> that had a stroke from it. I would ask the doctor to delve into why

> he isn't wanting to eat. Unless there is a virus onboard or

> something acute then you don't want this to become a situation. His

> relying on supplements could start a bad food aversion that could

> take years to get away from.

> >

> > Again I hope this is only a temporary situation but you might want

> to try to work with his diet before starting supplements.

> > Ursula - mom to (16) and Macey (13,CVID)

> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maceyholleman

> >

> > @: stina5997@: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:51:20

> +0000Subject: Have you heard of Boost Juice?

> >

> > I was just wondering if anyone has heard of Boost coming in a juice

> form? (2 years)does not eat much and lately has shyed away from

> milk. He has been requesting water or apple juice. Our Dr said to go

> to the store and pick up the Boost Juice Drink (she said it was the

> equivalent of pediasure but in juice form). I have tried 2

> stores/pharmacies and no one has ever heard of it (walmart and

> riteaid). I am just wondering if this is something I will need to

> order or possibly find a recipe and make myself. Or even if the

> product exists....because when I look up BOOST or any other

> supplemental drink product online I only see the milk based

> products.ThanksA

> >

December 9, 2008

I have never heard of it. Have you ever tried making smoothies for him? You can

use frozen fruit and protein powder. I make them frequently for my kids. We

think they taste MUCH better than pedisure or boost. When my son was FTT at 2

and 3 and would not eat. I bought Balance Bars and gave him several a day. It

seemed to increase his apetite and he would get an extra 500 calories a day just

by eating the bars as snacks.