Friday, November 9, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Two Weeks of Spilling- Still Med Free!
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
― Hippocrates
Emma Kate had a solid 12 weeks of negative urine and no meds, hooray!!! And can you believe her doctor was surprised I knew exactly how long it had been?? I mean, it is sort of a BIG deal. Anyway, then she caught a cold :(. It was for sure a bummer to see the color on that stick getting darker by the day. I truly never thought I would care so much about my child's urine! However disappointing, this time was different than the last...for me anyway. I had decided a while back I was going to trust God no matter what! Of course I have always trusted God, but this was a new trust I was seeking. I put my prayer for Emma Kate on my mirror and have been diligently praying it each day, several times. I also had everyone we know start praying. God has been renewing my walk with Him and that's why this time was different.
The last time I saw protein in my daughter's urine I researched everything I could to find something to help her. And I stuck God in between all that...frantically praying as I drove to the store to pick up some herbs for her. He was not my focus, Emma Kate was. This time I had a PEACE. That "peace that passes all understanding"-yes, that was wonderful. I did not cry, I did not fear, I just trusted God and did what I knew to do. I have to say it is not an easy balance between trusting God and doing your part too. I have to daily work to make sure my focus stays on God, rather than getting caught up in what I can do for her. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding" Proverbs 3:5.
All along this journey I have prayed for WISDOM. And the Lord has been faithful to show me things. He helped me stumble across a website that has given me a wealth of knowledge in treating the human body naturally. From this site I came up with the special "kidney tea" I make for Emma Kate. God also prompted me to put raw apple cider vinegar in all of Emma Kate's drinks while she was spilling protein. Initially this was to help her get over the cold, and then I realized how much it was helping her to not swell, so I kept it up! That stuff does amazing things for the human body! Here is a list of the health benefits of raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar-
Check out these ingredients and what they do for you:
HERE IS WHAT WORKED FOR US:
TEA TIME~
*Disclaimer- It needs to be stated that I am not a doctor and all the things listed on this blog should be reviewed by your personal health care professional before trying.* I am just a mom, hoping to help others by sharing our experiences.
There are two different teas I made for Emma Kate when her protein was spilling.
1.) Dandelion leaf tea- boil 1 cup of water and add a good pinch of the dried leaves. Cook down to about a 1/2 cup (10-15 minutes) cool, and drink.
2.) Raspberry tea- boil 1 cup of water and add 4 juniper berries, a good pinch of ginger root, and good pinch of raspberry leaf. Cook down to 1/2 cup (10-15 min) cool, and enjoy!
***IMPORTANT NOTE! I READ THAT TAKING JUNIPER BERRIES WHEN YOU HAVE AN INFLAMED KIDNEY IS NOT GOOD. Otherwise, they are good for the kidneys in small doses. They never bothered my daughter but we will use them very sparingly in the future. Any combination of the above tea ingredients (minus the juniper) seem to work great when spilling, or not spilling. We have daily "tea time" now, right before dinner. Usually raspberry leaf and, or dandelion leaf. My daughter has gotten so used to it that if we miss a night she will remind me! I bought her a special Hello Kitty cup that we use only for tea time, to try and make it a bit more exciting :).
-It has been my experience that adding raw honey to the tea makes them less effective so we drink it plain. I give Emma Kate one of each of these most days, or at least one a day. Along with about 3 ml of raw apple cider vinegar in all of her drinks and she is sure to be peeing all day! Peeing all day means continuing to flush toxins from the body, keeping the kidneys going, and not swelling (which means much less potential for infection and more time to heal naturally). I also gave Emma Kate miralx a couple times to ensure her bowels were emptied of toxins. This is very important in the healing process for the body. Especially if you are spilling protein, because the tendency is for one to stop going to the restroom. I don't love the idea of miralax due to the chemical nature, but it's easy and works great. A natural alternative that works really well on occasion is 100% prune juice (about 4 oz for a small child).
My experience with all this:
The second time Emma Kate started spilling protein she started swelling some almost immediately, even though she was eating almost no sodium. She got put on prednisone and didn't start peeing until I started making the teas for her. That night her numbers started going down. The last time she started spilling I immediately started doing the tea and ACV treatment, along with miralax. I let her have much more sodium than the last time and she had NO swelling. Her face was slightly puffy two mornings and the night before she went back to 0 her arms were slightly puffy. And that was with 2 weeks of spilling! I love that God has given us natural ways to care for our bodies! Here were how here numbers looked:
Sunday (start of cold)- trace, 30, 100, 300+, 300-, 100
The second Sunday- light trace (cold is gone but I forgot to make her tea)
Monday-100 (was warm and slept all day- seemed to have caught a one day thing her brother had)
Tues-300, 300+, 200ish, 100+, 100-?...Hard to tell with those colors!
The third Sunday-lighter than negative! Praise God!
Mon- neg, neg, neg......
I also want to mention that if she is spilling protein I greatly limit gluten, sugar, eggs, all allergenic foods and foods that are prone to aid inflammation. I try to give her plenty of foods that are anti-inflammatory and natural diuretics. Lots of fresh fruit and veggies of course, and all her vitamins and supplements (fish oil, Vit D, Vit C, PRP spray, probiotics, immune boosters and allergy support drops).
To Summarize: we made it through 2 weeks of spilling protein and DID NOT HAVE TO GET ON MEDS! All glory to God, she went back to negative naturally :-)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Allergy Testing
It's been a while! Here's the latest......
It's been about two months now since we had the Elisa-ACT done for Emma Kate. This is delayed food allergy testing done by blood. I felt it was important to do this to give her body the best chance it has at fighting off invaders, rather than keeping it busy with things that should not cause an immune response.
Such a big girl!
We had to fill 3.5 tubes with blood in order to do the test....quite a lot for such a little person! It was the biggest challenge actually finding a place to draw that much blood on a child, but we finally did. By the time we got there (3rd place we had been to in a row!) both of my kids were pretty over it....especially considering they had waited so patiently for an HOUR at the first place, just to be told they could not draw her blood. And, Emma Kate could not drink or eat anything until the blood was drawn. Ugh! Very frustrating.
Anyhow, once we found a person to do it, to my delight Emma Kate hopped in the enormous chair and stuck her arm right out. She had to be stuck a couple times in each arm but barely shed a tear! She really is tough (at least when she wants to be). At last, we had completed the much dreaded task. Now, I just had to make sure it was packaged correctly and send it off! I definitely kept my fingers crossed that it would get to the right place with no problem. Especially since it was time AND temperature sensitive, and a steaming 100 degrees outside. Thank God, it made it :-).
We quickly got the results...
Of the 144 substances tested, Emma Kate only had a reaction to 8 things and 1 food group. It was no surprise the food group it said to entirely avoid was dairy. However, it WAS very surprising that she had a strong reaction to peanut, white rice, and Green dye #3. Also, a moderate reaction to lemon. The peanut definitely got my attention. It just so happened that a while back when she had a relapse she had just started eating a peanut butter cereal with soy milk every day. The DAY she started eating it was the day her numbers started jumping...100, 30, trace, 300....all over the place. I think it was the combination of these two things that caused her to start spilling. Doctors of course refuse to acknowledge food could play any role with NS, but sometimes you just have to go with your mommy instinct. We will NOT be eating that cereal with soy milk EVER again.
I do think it was very beneficial to do the testing. Before we got her results I used lemon ALL the time to cook and I would have never known it bothered her! Also, since we eat a lot of gluten free things (she is not entirely GF anymore, just DF), she was eating a good bit of white rice. We pay close attention to that now. The testing made me much more aware of things that were happening in her body. Most people do not realize that you can have delayed food sensitivities that do not come in the form of a rash or anaphylactic shock. They can be sneaky and mess with your body in seemingly unrelated ways.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Team EKC- Let's Walk- Let's Reach Our Goal-
PLEASE walk with us September 15, at Gerrard Landing Park in Roswell, GA! Come support Team EKC or donate to Nephcure to help us reach our goal of $2000. We need your help to find a cure for nephrotic syndrome. The walk is FREE! For more information, or to donate or register to walk, please click the link below. This is our home page link- once there, click "MY TEAM PAGE" to register to walk with Team EKC. THANK YOU!
http://atlantagawalk.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1029800&lis=1&kntae1029800=25A125D1EDE044E7BD36EF4A38FFD1B3&supId=363411778
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
What is Nephrotic Syndrome???
Never heard of it? Neither had we. That is probably due to the fact that it only affects 5 out of every 100,000 kids....pretty rare.
Nephrotic Syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms that occur when glomeruli are damaged.
1. Each person has two kidneys in their lower back.
What are the facts of Nephrotic Syndrome?
Nephrotic syndrome may affect adults and children, of both sexes and of any race. In total, 26 million Americans suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease, with Nephrotic Syndrome as one of the most common forms.1 “Idiopathic” Nephrotic syndrome (NS), or Nephrotic Syndrome that arises seemingly spontaneously, is a rare disease syndrome and yet responsible for approximately 12% of all causes of end-stage kidney disease (ESRD) and up to 20% of ESRD in children.2 Approximately 5 out of every 100,000 children are diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome every year (incidence) and 15 out of every 100,000 children are living with it today (prevalence).
How is NS treated?
Your nephrologist may recommend:
• Medications that suppress your immune system
• Diuretics and low salt diet help to control edema
• A medication that blocks a hormone system called the renin angiotensin system (ACE inhibitor or ARB) to control blood pressure or lower urine protein
• Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots
• Statins to lower the cholesterol level
• Maintaining a healthy diet: Correct amounts of protein and fluid intake according to your nephrologist’s recommendations. A healthy diet consists of low salt with emphasis on fruits and vegetables, low in saturated fat and cholesterol. A low salt diet may help with swelling in the hands and legs.
• Exercising
• Not smoking
• Vitamins
Good news: Corticosteroids help approximately 90% of patients who have MCDBad News:
• 70% of children will experience a relapse.
• Corticosteroids have potentially serious adverse effects such as obesity, poor growth, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis.
• Corticosteroids are sometimes ineffective, called “Steroid resistance” or a person can become “Steroid dependent.”
Alternatives (which all carry significant side effects) include:
• Immunosuppressants such as Cyclophosphamide (Brand names include Endoxan, Cytoxan, Neosar, Procytox, Revimmune) and Cyclosporine (Brand names include Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf)
• Tacrolimus (Brand name: Prograf)- another immunosuppressant
• Mycophenolate mofetil (Brand name: CellCept)- another immunosuppressant
• Antibiotics such as Levamisole
• More research is needed to identify new drug therapies
What are the complications of NS?• Edema - swelling
• Renal vein thrombosis - blood clots
• Increased blood cholesterol, can lead to Atherosclerosis - hardening of the arteries
• Malnutrition
• Skin breakdown
• Infection such as pneumonia
• End Stage Renal Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Pulmonary edema - fluid in the lungs
So, as you can tell much research is needed in figuring out this condition. We can only get that research through greater awareness and more DONATIONS. Even $10 is GREATLY appreciated!
http://www.nephcure.org/make-donation-nephcure
The basic definition: when the kidneys spill protein into the urine causing great swelling all over the body. The swelling can lead to dehydration, infection, and blood clots if poorly controlled. The medical definition and details are below, as taken from the Nephcure website:
Nephrotic Syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms that occur when glomeruli are damaged.
What Causes Nephrotic Syndrome?
Most often, Nephrotic Syndrome is defined by its primary diseases that attack the kidney’s filtering system. Doctors often call these diseases "idiopathic," which means that they have arisen without a known cause. These primary diseases include Minimal Change Disease (MCD), Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and Membranous Nephropathy (MN) and are identified by kidney biopsy. (There are many other “secondary” causes of NS, including diabetes, cancer, amyloidosis, lupus, vasculitic disorders, viral infections, drugs and allergies, among others.) MCD is the most common cause of Nephrotic Syndrome in children - almost 85% of children with Nephrotic Syndrome symptoms have MCD. As a result, the term “Nephrotic Syndrome” is often used interchangeably with MCD. FSGS is the second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children, at 9.5%, and research is indicating that FSGS is on the rise much more than the other two causes, and is more difficult to treat than MCD. 3.5% of children with nephrotic syndrome is caused by Membranous Nephropathy or another cause.(There are many other “secondary” causes of NS, including diabetes, cancer, amyloidosis, lupus, vasculitic disorders, viral infections, drugs and allergies, among others.) MCD is the most common cause of Nephrotic Syndrome in children - almost 85% of children with Nephrotic Syndrome symptoms have MCD. As a result, the term “Nephrotic Syndrome” is often used interchangeably.
Most often, Nephrotic Syndrome is defined by its primary diseases that attack the kidney’s filtering system. Doctors often call these diseases "idiopathic," which means that they have arisen without a known cause. These primary diseases include Minimal Change Disease (MCD), Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and Membranous Nephropathy (MN) and are identified by kidney biopsy. (There are many other “secondary” causes of NS, including diabetes, cancer, amyloidosis, lupus, vasculitic disorders, viral infections, drugs and allergies, among others.) MCD is the most common cause of Nephrotic Syndrome in children - almost 85% of children with Nephrotic Syndrome symptoms have MCD. As a result, the term “Nephrotic Syndrome” is often used interchangeably with MCD. FSGS is the second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children, at 9.5%, and research is indicating that FSGS is on the rise much more than the other two causes, and is more difficult to treat than MCD. 3.5% of children with nephrotic syndrome is caused by Membranous Nephropathy or another cause.(There are many other “secondary” causes of NS, including diabetes, cancer, amyloidosis, lupus, vasculitic disorders, viral infections, drugs and allergies, among others.) MCD is the most common cause of Nephrotic Syndrome in children - almost 85% of children with Nephrotic Syndrome symptoms have MCD. As a result, the term “Nephrotic Syndrome” is often used interchangeably.
1. Each person has two kidneys in their lower back.
2. The kidneys continuously filter blood and produce urine to remove waste products, salts, and excess fluid.
3. Each kidney is made up of approximately one million tiny filters called "glomeruli.” Much as a coffee filter keeps coffee grounds in, glomeruli keep valuable cells and protein in the blood.
4. When glomeruli become damaged, proteins begin leaking into the urine (proteinuria). Proteinuria causes fluid to accumulate in the body, and prolonged leakage can lead to kidney damage and even failure.
What are the facts of Nephrotic Syndrome?
Nephrotic syndrome may affect adults and children, of both sexes and of any race. In total, 26 million Americans suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease, with Nephrotic Syndrome as one of the most common forms.1 “Idiopathic” Nephrotic syndrome (NS), or Nephrotic Syndrome that arises seemingly spontaneously, is a rare disease syndrome and yet responsible for approximately 12% of all causes of end-stage kidney disease (ESRD) and up to 20% of ESRD in children.2 Approximately 5 out of every 100,000 children are diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome every year (incidence) and 15 out of every 100,000 children are living with it today (prevalence).
How is NS treated?
Your nephrologist may recommend:
• Medications that suppress your immune system
• Diuretics and low salt diet help to control edema
• A medication that blocks a hormone system called the renin angiotensin system (ACE inhibitor or ARB) to control blood pressure or lower urine protein
• Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots
• Statins to lower the cholesterol level
• Maintaining a healthy diet: Correct amounts of protein and fluid intake according to your nephrologist’s recommendations. A healthy diet consists of low salt with emphasis on fruits and vegetables, low in saturated fat and cholesterol. A low salt diet may help with swelling in the hands and legs.
• Exercising
• Not smoking
• Vitamins
Good news: Corticosteroids help approximately 90% of patients who have MCDBad News:
• 70% of children will experience a relapse.
• Corticosteroids have potentially serious adverse effects such as obesity, poor growth, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis.
• Corticosteroids are sometimes ineffective, called “Steroid resistance” or a person can become “Steroid dependent.”
Alternatives (which all carry significant side effects) include:
• Immunosuppressants such as Cyclophosphamide (Brand names include Endoxan, Cytoxan, Neosar, Procytox, Revimmune) and Cyclosporine (Brand names include Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf)
• Tacrolimus (Brand name: Prograf)- another immunosuppressant
• Mycophenolate mofetil (Brand name: CellCept)- another immunosuppressant
• Antibiotics such as Levamisole
• More research is needed to identify new drug therapies
What are the complications of NS?• Edema - swelling
• Renal vein thrombosis - blood clots
• Increased blood cholesterol, can lead to Atherosclerosis - hardening of the arteries
• Malnutrition
• Skin breakdown
• Infection such as pneumonia
• End Stage Renal Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Pulmonary edema - fluid in the lungs
So, as you can tell much research is needed in figuring out this condition. We can only get that research through greater awareness and more DONATIONS. Even $10 is GREATLY appreciated!
http://www.nephcure.org/make-donation-nephcure
Monday, July 23, 2012
You Are What You Eat
It is greatly coming to everyone's attention how all the chemicals and toxins in our food and environment actually DO affect us. Hmm, not much of a surprise. Nephrotic syndrome, often called " nephrosis " has been around for hundreds of years. It used to be referred to as " dropsy" which simply meant " water- logged". Dropsy was either caused by kidney problems or heart problems and is even mentioned in the Bible.
Over the many years of reported cases of nephrosis, most of them were environmentally related, and still are. This makes perfect sense when you consider that the kidneys are the main organ responsible for removing toxins from the body. Many cases were induced from eating something poisonous, after getting scarlet fever, having many upper respiratory infections, getting vaccinated, bug bites, and commonly today after getting a nasty virus such as strep. Doctors today say many cases of nephrosis have an unknown cause. However, when you consider all the known causes it seems ns is always induced by something that is percieved as foreign to body, and the body has a hard time properly fighting it off - thus going into protection mode and creating inflamation.
This brings me to my main point: FOOD PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE! Think about how God created the earth. Luscious plants bearing fruit, fresh grown vegetables and free range meat. Animals ate what they were intended to because they fed themselves. No hormones, no antibiotics, no injections, no vein popping cows or chickens that grew at twice the normal pace. No food that could last for a year and not spoil. Consider the vast difference here...how could these crazy changes NOT harm us???
After reading about organic foods and chemical free products, it did not take much convincing that that was the right thing for us. Emma Kate's kidneys have to work hard enough each day, she doesn't need them weighted down with extra toxins and such to try and filter out. Neither do we. My grocery bill has certainly TRIPLED, but I know it's so much better for us.
I don't know if this photo is 100% accurate, but it sure makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth:
There are a couple studies I have found on the web and in online journals linking cow's milk and allergies to nephrotic syndrome relapse. Here are some of the best studies and related sites I have across:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12164.x/abstract
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1062980
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895907/
http://www.drmanik.com/Milk%20allergy.htm
http://www.naturalpedia.com/Nephrotic_syndrome.html
http://www.naturaleyecare.com/health-conditions/allergies-sensitivities/allergies-related-conditions.asp
This is one of my most favorite sites, with tons of helpful information! I made one of the kidney teas for my daughter when she relapsed, and within a few hours she started peeing and her numbers were lower the next day. She had been on steroids for a few days already, but the tea DEFINITELY seemed to help. It's a huge site with lots to explore:
http://www.herballegacy.com/Dropsy.html
Over the many years of reported cases of nephrosis, most of them were environmentally related, and still are. This makes perfect sense when you consider that the kidneys are the main organ responsible for removing toxins from the body. Many cases were induced from eating something poisonous, after getting scarlet fever, having many upper respiratory infections, getting vaccinated, bug bites, and commonly today after getting a nasty virus such as strep. Doctors today say many cases of nephrosis have an unknown cause. However, when you consider all the known causes it seems ns is always induced by something that is percieved as foreign to body, and the body has a hard time properly fighting it off - thus going into protection mode and creating inflamation.
This brings me to my main point: FOOD PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE! Think about how God created the earth. Luscious plants bearing fruit, fresh grown vegetables and free range meat. Animals ate what they were intended to because they fed themselves. No hormones, no antibiotics, no injections, no vein popping cows or chickens that grew at twice the normal pace. No food that could last for a year and not spoil. Consider the vast difference here...how could these crazy changes NOT harm us???
After reading about organic foods and chemical free products, it did not take much convincing that that was the right thing for us. Emma Kate's kidneys have to work hard enough each day, she doesn't need them weighted down with extra toxins and such to try and filter out. Neither do we. My grocery bill has certainly TRIPLED, but I know it's so much better for us.
I don't know if this photo is 100% accurate, but it sure makes you think twice about what you put in your mouth:
There are a couple studies I have found on the web and in online journals linking cow's milk and allergies to nephrotic syndrome relapse. Here are some of the best studies and related sites I have across:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12164.x/abstract
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1062980
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895907/
http://www.drmanik.com/Milk%20allergy.htm
http://www.naturalpedia.com/Nephrotic_syndrome.html
http://www.naturaleyecare.com/health-conditions/allergies-sensitivities/allergies-related-conditions.asp
This is one of my most favorite sites, with tons of helpful information! I made one of the kidney teas for my daughter when she relapsed, and within a few hours she started peeing and her numbers were lower the next day. She had been on steroids for a few days already, but the tea DEFINITELY seemed to help. It's a huge site with lots to explore:
http://www.herballegacy.com/Dropsy.html
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
What To Eat??!
People always ask what Emma Kate eats since she is GF, DF, and low sodium. At first I too thought there would be almost no options...but there are! And many kid friendly snacks too. Rather than list out all the different foods, I'll try to get most of them on here in pictures. Some of the foods aren't exactly low sodium, but they are not high- so we can work with them. And almost all of these items are GOOD! Not just good for being GF :-) (if you know what I mean!). I shop mostly at Kroger. They make it easy by having the separate health food section. The reason we eat gluten and dairy free... I have read enough about it helping prevent relapses that I convinced it's certainly something worth trying!
My new and improved pantry...the labels make things much easier. GF-DF-Low Sodium...everything in the right place! Especially if someone else is watching Emma Kate:
Great breakfast foods:
Lots of GF and DF ice cream options. "Daiya" dairy and soy free cheese. Tofutti's cream cheese and sour cream. Liquid amino's for cooking. Tom's Red Mill corn bread. I normally don't like corn bread, but this stuff is GOOD! It reheats well too. I have learned that organic anything is almost always lower in sodium.
My new and improved pantry...the labels make things much easier. GF-DF-Low Sodium...everything in the right place! Especially if someone else is watching Emma Kate:
Great breakfast foods:
We have found almond milk to taste the best on cereal. Natural maple syrup is better for you and 0 sodium. Almond butter, 0 sodium. My daughter LOVES the enjoy life chocolate bars.
Great foods for lunch:
Rudis GF bread is the best. Kettle baked hickory honey barbecue chips are the ONLY ones I have found that are flavored that Emma can have. Some of the Nut-Thin crackers have dairy, so read ingredients always. Frog ranch salsa: only 40 mg in 2 tbls and very yummy!
Dinner:
These are some great no and almost no sodium snacks. The little things are: raisins, applesauce, cliff fruit rope, Target brand fruit mash ups and fruit shreds. Larabars are mostly 5 ml with no allergens. Some have more sodium and dairy though, you have to check. My daughter loves the plain popcorn from Trader Joes.
These foods are SOOO good they deserved their own picture!
The Enjoy Life brand is such a life saver. And all their products I have had taste really good. They also make DF chocolate chips.
Aside from these foods about 1/2 of what Emma Kate eats is fresh fruit and veggies. Her favorite meat is fish, and she eats chicken regularly too. We avoid food dyes, limit preservatives, and buy organic as much as possible. This is important since the kidneys filter out toxins! We try to really limit soy and limit the chocolate (not sure if these had to do with her relapse or not). I also rotate our foods regularly.
Later, I'll post some great recipes I've found or come up with that the whole family can enjoy. Also, I'll post our guide to eating out (yes, it did take forever to make!), and the spread sheet I've created that categorizes all the different foods and if they are good or bad for Emma Kate (for many different reasons). I've done all these things in hopes of preventing future relapses. And if she does relapse, I hope these charts will help me to narrow down which foods may have contributed. I also keep frequent logs of what she eats, so I can determine what may have caused an increase in protein. I always wanted to be a nurse, so I guess I got my wish! Haha
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