Week 5 - Day 3

(May 10, 2011)

Every organ and system in our bodies is interlinked.  If one organ becomes compromised, another organ will take over and try to compensate.  If you have leaky gut, that compromises your bloodstream with toxins.  The toxins compromise the immune system and that leads to other chronic ailments.  The key is to keep the toxins moving out faster than they accumulate so the body stays balanced and healthy. -The Candida Cure, Ann Boroch

Jeannette was slow moving this morning.  She was complaining of a tummy ache.  She never complains of tummy aches.  That concerned me.  She had brown rice cereal for breakfast.  I never did give her the multi-vitamin as her tummy was hurting.  For lunch I packed her 2 rice cakes with soy nut butter and some strawberries and water.

I had forgotten that Jeannette had her annual physical today.  I ended up picking her up at school and she had to eat her lunch in the car.  They weighed her and she was down a pound.  That concerned me.  I had a feeling that once she started this diet that she would loose weight.  She's so tiny as it is.  I remember the nutritionist saying that a high protein diet should increase her weight.  I'm not finding that to be the case, but then again, look at what she's eating.  She's not getting a significant amount of protein that she should be.  They also did a urine culture and determined that she had an urinary tract infection.  Huh?  I was upset and bothered by that.  We've been working on this low carb, now no yeast, no sugar diet and she still gets a UTI?  I don't get it.  The one thing that she did stop taking was the U-tract/mannose.  She was off that for about 5 days.  I figured she had been symptom free for awhile and that she didn't need that anymore.  I guess I was wrong.  She was put on another antibiotic to treat the infection.  Round and round I go....again!  Now she needs to up her probiotic to 2-3 times a day while on the antibiotic, yet she's still taking the diflucan.  I was told by the doctors office that the two could be taken at the same time.

What was also somewhat bothersome was that her pediatrician wasn't aware of this Candida diet.  She wasn't surprised that yeast was found by this other doctor, but she wanted to hear more about the Candida diet.  She was concerned about Jeannette's caloric intake with her being on this diet.  She asked if she was eating pasta and I told her that because pasta is so high in carbs, that I'd rather her eat a bowl of strawberries than pasta.  She didn't really seem to be on the same page as me in regards to that.  I truly believe that this diet or change of eating is going to be beneficial for the entire family.  Lastly, I explained to her that she is still constipated and that I've been using a more natural supplement instead of the Miralax.  I explained that although the tru fiber is supposed to be gentler on the body, I'm not finding it nearly as effective as the Miralax.  When the doctor examined Jeannette, she didn't feel any blockage in the stomach, so she wasn't sure where the tummy ache would be coming from.

I left the doctor's office feeling frustrated and perplexed.  How can all this, that we've been doing, still not be helping her?  How is it that she got another UTI?  I was feeling so encouraged and had such high hopes that we were going down the right path.  Now this.  I just don't know what to make of it.  I'm so confused.  Jeannette was still complaining of a tummy ache when we left the office and she didn't want to go back to school, so I just took her home.

After finally getting in touch with the alternative medical doctor, I was told to put her back on the U-tract.  I decided to now go back to using the Miralax instead of the tru fiber.  I obviously don't want to just throw it away, so I'll probably alternate the two every other day.

After school, my son and his grandmother made chocolate chip cookies.  My son loves my mother-in-laws cookies and asked to bake them with her.  How could she refuse?  Well, Jeannette got really upset by that because she knew that she wasn't going to be able to eat any of them.  She said it herself.  "That's not fair."  It wasn't fair, but it wasn't fair to not allow Jarod to do this activity with his grandmother.  Jeannette gave Mimi the cold shoulder, but after a little while, she got over it.  I did feel bad.  I'm constantly searching for the right dessert for her.  I want her to be able to have something every once in awhile.

For dinner, we went out to dinner at Not Your Average Joe's.  My in laws wanted to treat us to dinner on their last night visiting with us.  This place caters to families and has a gluten free menu.  I ordered Jeannette grilled chicken with green beans.  This restaurant also serves the best bread with garlic/olive oil dipping sauce.  Jeannette was begging to have a piece of it.  At this point, I was still reeling from today's doctors appointment and just said, "fine! Go ahead!" What difference does it make?  She's going to get another infection, this obviously isn't working, so eat whatever you want.