And we’re home from the naturopath.
Note To Self: Spending an hour and a half in a room with a cranky 17 month old is your own personal hell.
Check.
The dr. looked at Maile and Kainoa’s skin and mentioned what many of you suggested which was that she may have a food allergy. I told her Maile had been tested when she was Kainoa’s age and that everything came back in our favor.
She said the tests where they prick your back are not always as conclusive and talked to me about cutting out gluten from Maile’s diet.
Sigh.
I was prepared for that. I’ve been it because it sounds like a lot of work. Gluten is in pretty much everything and I don’t want my kids to grow up feeling like they have to eat “different” foods then everyone else. Not to mention what a pain it would be to cook gluten free meals for my kids and regular meals for the rest of the daycare…ugh. Not fun. And not to mention my kids are as picky as they come and will most likely hate every gluten free morsel I place in front of them.
No thank you.
But I’ll try it with my kids if it means a more comfortable life for them…I’ll try it.
Dr. said I could also do the blood draw allergy test which will tell me exactly what foods Maile is allergic to, including wheat and 90% of whatever else it is we eat.
I went with the blood draw. It just seems easier than one by one cutting out each of her foods in an attempt to figure out if one of them is causing a reaction in her skin. We’re supposed to get the results back in a couple of weeks.
I was a little disappointed that the dr. did not spend a little more time trying to figure out what was wrong with Maile and the little sickness she has right now. When she took her temperature it was over 102. She did check Maile’s throat and found nothing out of the ordinary and that was it. I guess I was kind of hoping for a diagnosis.
SO.
$25 for special shampoo/body wash
$30 copayment
$50 for natural ointments and creams
$10 for fish oil vitamins
$126 for allergy test
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$241 later I have a still sick daughter, a pissed off son, a headache, and a depleted bank account.
Let’s just hope it’s not all for not.
I called Maile’s pediatrician last night when her temperature hit 104. The Motrin seems to bring her back to normal, but it’s unsettling to see her temp. get so high. She has another appointment with THAT doctor in two hours. It will be interesting to see if her findings are any different then the naturopaths. All I want is a diagnosis and some drugs. And not crack. Maile’s too young for crack. I am a lot of things…and a responsible, loving mother is one. We will wait AT LEAST four years before giving Maile crack.