Update on Micah

I have been meaning to write an update but we've been so busy. So as you have read Micah had his scopes done. The stomach looked horrible and esophagus was perfect. Well the doctor called with the biopsie results. The first set of biopsie results were inconclusive. The doctors office said well we are just going to put him on reflux medicine. I ask why if his esphogus was clear. They said that the irratation and inflammation could be cause by relax, meds or food. I said ok but his esphogus is clear which means no reflux and he has never been on any medication, at least not at our house and at the foster home he was in they didn't take him to the doctors for 4 years. So that leaves food. Why don't we try to figure this out instead of just guessing and putting a bandaid on it. The doctors said it didn't matter what it was treatment was the same, reflux meds. So we started him on them.

Next, we got the results from the biopsies that would tell us if he was missing an enzyme needed to process sugar and that's why he has allergies or intolerances to sugar. He apparently is missing all the enzymes in his gut to process pretty much anything. There is an overgrowth of bad bacteria in his stomach. When they see this it usually means the allergies or intolerances aren't real and just caused by the gut. So once the gut is healed he would be able to eat like us. There is a chance though that he could still have the into lenses after this is all said and done and then we would start replacing the enzymes. 

So the treatment plan:

Reflux meds

Antibiotics

Remove every once of dairy from his diet

Ok, but dairy wasn't the issue and he already doesn't eat dairy just a little cheese every once and a while. What about sugar? Oh....ummm.....yeah I mean you can avoid that too. WE DO!!!!! 

So I have given this a shot and I had high hopes. Except that since we've started this Micah has been sick. He got an uncontrollable running nose while he never had before and now he's vomiting. Plus his stomach has been huge!

So now he has to stay home from school. He has a very restrictive diet which makes him feel even more left out and different. His body is full of medicine with side effects. Ugh! 

I have calls in to his doctors and surprise no call backs yet. He is in bed missing out on his day at school which he loves. I hate this for him. 

Please pray for our family.

Be blessed