Re: Update on Dalia - more advice needed - long

March 1, 2005

Hey Sheryl,

Sorry to hear about her being sick and you being pregnant on top of

it all and sick too! Emerence also throws up quite easily when

upset. The little stinker even has figured out how to use that to

stay up longer (she hates to go to bed so she stands at the door and

howls holy heck - she has figured out though once she makes a gagging

noise, I rush to catch her before she throws up).

Hopefully things will get better quick....

, , 5 and Emerence 2, 31 " but LOST weight from 19 11 to

19 4.

>

> Well, yesterday by 11am, Dalia's ketones returned to normal and all

> day she drank her Pediasure just fine (not huge amounts, but an

> average amount for her)...she didn't nap well so she was extremely

> cranky all day, which is typical when she is tired. So, by bedtime

> she was all riled up from being so tired, that she was refusing her

> last bottle of the day..she also went for her 15 month well visit

in

> the afternoon and had 2 immunizations, so that added to the stress

> of the day. Anyway, I encouraged her to drink 2 oz and then right

> as she was getting ready to go in the crib she threw up. DARN!!

> Now, I'm sitting there thinking is this the stomach bug or the

> stress of the day..Dalia has many times in the past spit up just

> from crying so much and getting uptight.

>

> Well, I didn't want to take any chances so we went to the ER...they

> took blood and checked all kinds of things. I told the doctor

about

> ketones and she informed me that to check actual ketones they had

to

> catheterize her, which they wanted to avoid if possible, but that

> the blood test that checked for sugars, dehydration, and many other

> things is even better than checking ketones and would be an

> indicator if there was a problem. I wasn't sure if I should buy

> this because I am so sensitive now to thinking doctors don't know

> anything, but I went along...at this point Dalia was sooooo

> overtired and hysterical from the poking and prodding, and to boot

I

> have this nasty stomach thing now and I was like sick as a dog in

> there...the stress just was overwhelming.

>

> Anyway the tests came back normal, so they let us go...we fed her

> juice/Pedialyte through the night and until late morning, now we

are

> back on Pediasure/Pedialyte...all of which is staying down. The

> issue is that first thing this morning her ketones were around low-

> moderate..the color looked in between...so, I went to check a few

> hours later and she had pooped all over the cotton ball...so now I

> am waiting for more urine. She is drinking little amounts here and

> there and so far it is all staying down.

>

> Am I doing the right thing? What is the long term effect of a

> couple of days of low-moderate ketones? Could it just be a fluke

> that she threw up last night that one time? MAybe she has low

> ketones every morning and I didn't know it??

>

> Finally, how much and what kind of corn starch do I put in her

night

> time bottle because I want to start this right away.

>

> Thanks and sorry so long.

>

> Sheryl (Dalia, 15 mos, 16lbs 3oz, 27.5 in - not so much growth

> lately)

March 2, 2005

Sheryl,

I just saw your e-mail and really felt for you. Our situations seem

identical. How is Dalia doing? I too was so sick when we went down to Dr.

Harbison and we were there all day as she tested his ketones. Is Dalia

eating besides drinking? Carbs will help keep the sugar down. Dr. H. also

gave us glucose in a tube to add to his juice. When he refused a bottle a

night we put some right in his mouth and Dr. H. said that was great. You

can buy this at the drugstore with the diabetes stuff. It was the same with

Jonah, sometimes keeping things down, sometimes not. On Monday he turned a

corner and now is eating and drinking really well and is no longer spilling

ketones. I will continue to check them just to make sure that he does not

normally spill them. We put a tbs of cornstarch into a bottle before bed

and sill wake him up in the middle of the night for another.

Hope you are feeling better

Update on Dalia - more advice needed - long

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