Fluids?

[Guest guest]

My son took a turn for the worse last week. He ended up with severe

inflamation is all his joints, paticularly his ankles. He got so

bad that by last Thursday he could no longer walk, he had sores in

his mouth, and was getting bumps on his legs. His doctor put him on

Prednisone, which cleared up the joint inflamation, but last night

my son was in the worst pain in his gut he'd ever been in. He had a

CAT scan today, which showed inflamation in his left colon...no

evidence of perforation or obstruction thank goodness. The doctor

suggested he be admitted to the hospital for IV fluids, Iv

antibiotics, and IV Prednisone. Since there was no bed available,

he'd had to be admitted thru the ER, and the doctor wouldn't be

going to the hospital to see him tonight, my son decided to come

home for the night and if needed he could always go to the ER

later.

The doctor said he should only have fluids tonight and I don't know

what to give him. He's never been able to tolerate Welch's grape

juice, I'm afraid Tropicana will be too acidic, and the apple cider

has not agreed with him in the past. I've made him some chicken

soup and had some pear juice left over from the pearsauce I made

yesterday, and I've made the electrolyde drink, but would like to

give him more fluids with calories.

Any suggestions? I'm hesitant of the beef broth because of the

recent e-coli recall from Whole Foods.

I have lots of homemade applesauce and pearsauce that's very finely

blended, but don't know if that would be too rough. Doc said

fluids, but didn't specify clear fluids and I forgot to ask.

Also, he had to drink barium for the CAT scan. Anyone know how

filled with illegals that is?

Thanks

Caroline

20 yr old son w/Crohn's Colitis

3 months SCD