Need Advice and Words of Wisdom!!!!!!

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Hello everyone,

It's Kaitlyn's Mom here. I don't write in for help very often as Kaitlyn has

been doing very, very well while on SCD. I do read the posts from here, SCDinfo

and Pecanbread EVERY day though!!

Problem: During vacation in Fenwick Island, DE, we decided to buy some of

Kaitlyn's favorite treat: steamed chesapeake bay blue crabs. They were very

delicious until ...... 1 1/2 days later 2/3 of the family (4 of 6) people,

including Kaitlyn, began with D. We ALL were not right for 7-8 days. During

this time Kaitlyn had one day of visiting the restroom over 20 times. SCARY!

This was also her first day back on the intro. The next day 6x, 5x the next and

so forth. After 5 days she was down to 1-2 times a day however she still has

all D and gas. She is feeling much better and started playing soccer again

today without any problem. We are gradually adding more back to her diet such

as green beans and steak and trying to limit the honey (she can't get enough of

it!). Today was day 12 of D. She is only taking Claritin, no other supplements

or anything.

It just so happens that her pre-scheduled GI " well-visit " is this Friday. Not

sure what they will say/do. Should I ask that they do a stool analysis to see

what type of critter we are dealing with? Do you suggest any other types of

tests? Any advice would be appreciated!

Regards,

Kaitlyn's Mom

Kaitlyn, now 11!

CD since 1/07

SCD since 9/07

med-free since 9/08 and really want to be able to celebrate 1-year med free!

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Hi , I'm so sorry. That's so awful!!I'm glad she's somewhat better but so sorry that this happened. How's the rest of the family? Does anyone else still have D?Yeah, I'd definitely tell them what happened and ask that they do a stool test and maybe some blood work. I don't know a whole lot about food poisoning and what type you might get from crabs so I can't make any suggestions on specific tests to ask for. Hopefully, they will know. I did a google search but didn't come up with much.Hope she feels better soon!!Kim H.husband, , CD 1999, SCD 2002To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 10:48:24 PMSubject: Need Advice and Words of Wisdom!!!!!!

Hello everyone,

It's Kaitlyn's Mom here. I don't write in for help very often as Kaitlyn has been doing very, very well while on SCD. I do read the posts from here, SCDinfo and Pecanbread EVERY day though!!

Problem: During vacation in Fenwick Island, DE, we decided to buy some of Kaitlyn's favorite treat: steamed chesapeake bay blue crabs. They were very delicious until ...... 1 1/2 days later 2/3 of the family (4 of 6) people, including Kaitlyn, began with D. We ALL were not right for 7-8 days. During this time Kaitlyn had one day of visiting the restroom over 20 times. SCARY! This was also her first day back on the intro. The next day 6x, 5x the next and so forth. After 5 days she was down to 1-2 times a day however she still has all D and gas. She is feeling much better and started playing soccer again today without any problem. We are gradually adding more back to her diet such as green beans and steak and trying to limit the honey (she can't get enough of it!). Today was day 12 of D. She is only taking Claritin, no other supplements or anything.

It just so happens that her pre-scheduled GI "well-visit" is this Friday. Not sure what they will say/do. Should I ask that they do a stool analysis to see what type of critter we are dealing with? Do you suggest any other types of tests? Any advice would be appreciated!

Regards,

Kaitlyn's Mom

Kaitlyn, now 11!

CD since 1/07

SCD since 9/07

med-free since 9/08 and really want to be able to celebrate 1-year med free!