Return to intro?

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I messed up and gave my daughter dehydrated apples that were not pre-cooked in

water. She has had these dehydrated apples for a few weeks without any

problems, but I think she has been eating more than normal lately. We keep a

food journal, but I don't always see how much my husband is giving her and he

doesn't always know how much I am giving her, so we will need to add information

that to the journal.

I initially couldn't figure out why my daughter went from normal BMs to loose

ones that included undigested food. We have been introducing one new item every

2-4 days and she hasn't had anything new in the last four days so I figured out

it must be do to an increased consumption of something she's already eating.

The only item she's getting a lot of that resembled the undigested food is the

dehydrated apple.

My daughter had her first GI appointment today since starting the diet and the

gastroenterologist said she looked up the SCD and noticed " it is just eating a

healthy diet, which is fine " but she stressed that there is no scientific link

between diet and my daughter's multiple health issues and wants to get her

started on Sulfasalazine.

I was hoping the fecal calprotectin test my daughter has to do this week would

show some improvement. But since she's having this set-back due to my mistakes,

I'm worried the test is going to show no change even though she had been doing

really well up until this week.

My goal is to get my daughter off Humira and Methotrexate and switch to

Sulfasalzine, only if she needs to take medications, so I'm mad at myself for

not re-reading all the SCD information before introducing the uncooked,

dehydrated apples.

If my daughter stops eating the dehydrated apples, will she return to having the

close-to-normal BMs, or do I need to start her back on the intro diet?

Thank you!

~ Mom to almost six year old daughter diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (2010),

uveitis (2008), juvenile arthritis (2006) and food allergies (peanuts/tree

nuts), asthma and seasonal allergies (2005). We're on week six of the SCD.