My dad made bacon and eggs for the kids for breakfast. She had cinnamon/truvia toast for lunch. Again, nothing too exciting. The kids ended up eating the soup again for dinner, but not without some whining and complaining. They ate about a half a bowl full. Better than the night before, but still not enough to make it substantial.
So what are my thoughts after one week? It's only been a week? Ugh!!! This is so hard! I've definitely made some mistakes and I expected that to happen. I'm still learning and researching and finding out new things every day. I'm constantly trying to find things for her to eat and try. I'm constantly thinking about what I can make her, where I can find some good information on Candida for kids and I'm always thinking about how we're going to get through the next day. The supplemental shakes seem to be working out. I don't really like giving her everything in one lump dose, but it's the only way I can right now.
Her shakes currently consist of: almond milk, scoop of carob powder, 1/4 scoop of protein powder, drop of Vitamin A, capsule broken open of Vit. B, capsule broken open of Iodine, Ambrotose, and probiotic when I remember. What are these all for?
Protein powder - obviously she is not getting enough protein w/ her current diet, so I need to supplement her elsewhere
Ambrotose - helps the body produce optimal functioning glycoproteins (glycoproteins act as protective agents and lubricants-found in blood and the digestive tract)
Vitamin A - preserves healthy skin, essential for proper development of bones and teeth, and for vision
Vitamin B - essential for the production of energy
Iodine (Thyrocare) - support in thyroid hormones, maintains healthy cellular metabolism (her thyroid was slightly elevated)
On top of all the supplements and the vitamins she is taking diflucan to help eliminate the yeast. And because it's an antibiotic, she has to increase her dosage of probiotics to 2-3 times daily. She's hardly eating anything as it is. How am I supposed to get that into her? I also haven't started giving her the liquid multi-vitamin. It has so many restrictions in when it can be taken, that I haven't figured out how and when to give it to her. Lastly, she is taking zinc.
Zinc - low zinc is due to poor diet, malnutrition, growth failure (her labs came back indicating low levels of zinc)
I have to say that Jeannette has been a trooper. I honestly think she is handling this much better than I am. Her happy, go lucky personality is what makes her able to handle all this. If this was my son having to go through this, it would be a totally different experience. This isn't to say that my son shouldn't be eliminating the high carb foods as well, but between the two of them, Jeannette is the one most likely to experiment with food with less complaints. This has been a learning experience for Jarod as well and he has been extremely supportive of his baby sister. That's all I can ask for right now. I'm proud of both of them.
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