Day #20 -serious bloating while eating

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Hi- we're at day 20 and my eldest son (7yr/asd) is really struggling, his

stomach gets so

hard and bloated after eating only a part of his meals that he can't eat enough.

He has lost

2 -3 lbs. since we started and is at 40 lbs. now. Behavior has really

deteriorated this past

week. He can't keep it together, perhaps due to chronic hunger. He was eating

all kinds of

foods (squash, scrambled eggs, etc.) he never would have tried before scd. Now

he is

having lots of problems with texture, gagging. His stools were just beginning

to look

healthy. Now they are more frequent and coming out very thin (not runny). He

was given

major antibiotics this past January for H. pylori. I couldn't put him through

that again, not

so soon so have not re-tested. He did not seem to tolerate the applesauce

(homemade).

He is still forcefully clearing his throat, almost constantly yet has no nasal

drip or runny

nose.

We're at stage one, with the addition of the following stage 2 foods: butternut

squash,

acorn squash, avocado. Our computer is doing strange things so I don't know if

we'll have

this support much longer. You are a great group of people and we pray for all

on this list

every night. We are asking for prayers. The school district has sent a

wonderful home

teacher for our son to help until he gets strong enough to return to school. He

has just

been so ill these past couple months that it was better for him to try and get

stronger until

after Thanksgiving and then we will try half days till after Christmas. But I'm

losing hope if

he loses weight. Everytime he gets sick he gets these awful mouth and throat

sores and

then he loses weight again. Yet he was losing weight before we started this.

We've been to

pediatric GI to tell about our concerns and trying scd. He offered to scope and

we said no

thanks. Told the doctor soy gave exzema and serious constipation and we were

given a

big bottle of Lactulose (laxative) and told to give him soy because it is good

protein source

and give laxative twice a day to counteract. We never gave it and scd has

cleared up the

constipation. Prayer and this diet are all we have to hang onto now.

Our 4 yr old/nt daughter has lost a couple lbs and still has dark circles under

eyes. Stools

are very soft. 22 mos old/asd son still has mushy poops but the smell is much

healthier

and he has PUT ON 3 lbs and grown in height and is eating really well and

sleeping well,

too. All are getting probiotics and charcoal and epsom soaks.

Thank you,