No packing happened today. I took the kids to see a $1 summer movie (Happy Feet 2) in the morning and then took Ben up to a late afternoon doctor's appointment in Bellevue. Driving in Seattle traffic is not on my Things I Will Miss About Washington list.
We have not had a chance to follow up with the doctor since Ben did his ondamed treatments. We received really good news; the doctor had not been optimistic about the treatments but he didn't react to gluten, dairy, and NUTS (even peanuts) when he was tested today. Soy is holding firm. We both forgot to test strawberries. (Ugh.) His allergist was surprised enough that she urged caution with the nuts. I had Ben eat some gluten and dairy already over the last couple of weeks and had determined he was not reacting; confirmation was nice. We also discovered he had grown 4 inches in 2 months. The medical assistant couldn't believe it and thought she must have recorded his height wrong the last time; the doctor said he looked taller and I've had to put away most the pants he wore in the spring forever. I was expecting 2 inches; 4 was amazing.
With everything I've learned about gluten, we will not be eating as much as we used to. But it is nice to be able to eat with friends with ease.
8 comments:
This is great news!
Hurray! And a nice reward for Ben, who was so quick to make the changes himself. Yay, so glad that life will be a tad bit easier for you.
And four inches in two months. That's unbelievable. He's not even in double-digits yet!
-- SJ
Oh yay! It is such a relief to be able to eat normally.
Congratulations Ben!! Your hard work paid off. Less gluten is a good thing but so nice to not have so many restrictions.
And growing so tall: a young man now, not a child. Wow.
Judy
THAT'S FABULOUS!!!!! Very happy to hear this update! Yay for Ben and his parents who have been working really hard on this! So exciting to see such wonderful progress.
this is such exciting news!
Wonderful news! :)
Ben, very good job on the eating! And thank you, Rachelle, for the good report.
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