Updates. Good news, Great news, Not-so great news and other things
I'm not sure if it is the the facebookification of the world, the onset of the Age of Will who is now 2 1/2 , Ellie hitting her stride as a school-aged kid, some other factor or a combination of a bunch of these but we have been seriously negligent in updating this blog for a significant amount on time.So I will try to update all fronts here with the latest and greatest from Broganland.Ellie: Ellie is great. A happy soon-to-be seven year old, she goes to first grade every morning on the bus with her nurse/consigliere and loves first grade. Two different rounds of show-and-tell with her class have mad...
Source: The Short Gut News - March 29, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
America's Test Kitchen
< div > Ellie is now 6 years old. & nbsp; Over all she is doing well and is a very happy active little girl. & nbsp;But & nbsp;she has been dealing with Short Bowel Syndrome and all that comes with it for 6 years. & nbsp; Normal for her is not normal for most kids. & nbsp;Her normal involves monthly blood draws, lots of doctors and often not feeling well. & nbsp;Because of this we have started considering looking into a < a href= " http://www.wish.org/ " > Make a Wish < /a > trip for her. & nbsp; & nbsp; < /div > < div > < br / > < /div > < div > Before Ellie was born I thought that Make a Wish was for dying children. & n...
Source: The Short Gut News - August 2, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs
Think Heavy & Remembering the Beginning.
Ellie has been doing really well lately. She is eating like a horse and we have been able to keep better control over her bouts of overgrowth. From what we learned in the last < a href= " http://thriverx.net/PDFs/thrive_maxhealth_flyer9.pdf " > < b > Maximize Health < /b > < /a > webinar, protein is key for Ellie. Protein is digested in your Jejunum and the only small bowel that Ellie has is her Jejunum. So we have kicked it up a notch in the protein department. We have started offering, low fat ground turkey, low fat ground beef, poached chicken and some vegetarian options. Eggs apparently at a perfect protein an...
Source: The Short Gut News - March 1, 2011 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs
