Tuesday, June 7, 2011

"She"s just a puker"

I have literally caught puke in chik-fil-a, McDonalds, at our kitchen table, and so many places I have lost count. I said it myself...."she's just a puker". Turns out she isn't.  She is my little Ava Elise and she has eosinophillic esophagitis. In basic terms that means she has a swollen and inflammed food pipe from allergies to food. What foods? We are still trying to figure that one out and hopefully one day my post title will say "We found it!".  What does this mean? It means we have to try and figure out what she is allergic to and eliminate it from her diet. Sounds easier than it is. Because of her super sensitive skin the skin testing for allergies isn't exactly foolproof. And because she doesn't react on her skin but inside of her esophagus we can't actually see when it happens.  The puking, or food impactions, may not occur until days later. That's where our story starts.....

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