Lab Work, Links, ReCap

Filed under: Charleigh, Dairy Free/ Milk Allergy — Posted by Jami Leigh at 10:03 am on Friday, April 18, 2008

Charleigh goes to Amarillo this afternoon for a recheck on a few things:
the IgG of Cow’s milk protein, Soy milk, Corn, Oat, Peanut, Chicken egg, and Wheat IgG.

She is way more excited than any normal child would be to get blood sucked out of her arm. She is quite optimistic that all her levels will healthy and normal and she’s ready for the rest of us to see it as well.

While we’re on the subject let me take the chance to tell you that Charleigh is feeling fabulous! She’s adjusted quite well to a dairy free diet and she’s grown quiet proficient at reading labels. Her headaches and faint/fuzzy episodes are completely gone.

Here are a few of the past posts I’ve found related to Charleigh’s recent health “stuff”.
Last Update2-05-08
The Results are in 1-8-08
Charleigh’s six hour trip to the lab12-19-07 (pictures)

Wow, I just noticed I never really told you guys what started this whole thing. Not much time to do that in detail this morning. How bout this. One day in November Charleigh got really sick, acting drunk, she was lethargic and incoherent. She didn’t know who we were. Who she was. Pretty Scary. Before taking her to the ER we decided to check her blood sugar. It was really really low, we gave her some apple juice concentrate and in a few minutes she perked up. Thats what started the whole thing. We went to the Pediatrician. She did tests, they weren’t great so she sent us to a Pediatric Endocrinologist, he did tests. They weren’t great so he did more tests. Those ones were better. Things are good now. Maybe later I’ll let her tell you the rest of the story. Right now I’ve got to get ready to go.
Love you guys!
Jami Leigh

2 Comments »

Comment by Hillery

4/19/2008 @ 8:47 am

I’m so glad that she is feeling so much better! After being almost dairy free for 2 years, I was so excited to have dairy again! Not so excited when it made me horribly sick. But that passed after a about two weeks. I thought I was home free! But then I started complaining…about horrible headaches. It took almost a month to realize that when I ate cheese or any other dairy, but cheese was worse, I would start feeling this tight feeling around my head. Then I would start feeling like I was in a cloud and had a hard time talking or thinking. Sometimes I would become irrationally angry. Finally I clued in. Its the DAIRY MONSTER! My body apparently no longer likes dairy. It is sad. I know I can live without it very comfortably, yet I really do like cheese! SO Kudos to Charleigh and her super mom! And congrats on feeling better.

Comment by Delisha

4/24/2008 @ 12:18 am

Dear Jamie,
I would very much like to hear more details about this health issue. As it happens, I have also had an episode like the one you described and when I went to the ER they told me that I probably just had an inner ear infection and that it would pass. That was 4 yrs ago and I have continually had dizziness and headaches like you described in Charleigh. So keep me posted, I would like to hear how things work out! Maybe you can let me know what kind of tests determine that reactive hypoglycemia? is that right? Well Thanks, and my prayers are with you and your family!

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