Cherish's Belly Aches, Part II

Well to give an update, last Monday we found out that Cherish is allergic to cow’s milk and egg whites. Thus, we removed every trace of anything remotely related to milk or eggs in the ingredients of every product imaginable—including vitamins—that goes into her mouth. However, her pain remains 24/7. So, we are on the countdown to next week’s upper endoscopy and colonoscopy if the pain doesn’t stop by next Monday.

Her two allergies were discovered through a blood test, and the same blood test showed negative results for wheat allergy and Celiac disease. However, a friend of mine—who has Celiac disease—said hers didn't show up in the blood test, but it was seen during her colonoscopy.

So, since Cherish's pain remains 24/7 after removing dairy and eggs for eight days now...

Today I looked into possibly taking her through a dairy-free, egg-free, AND gluten-free diet. While at the store—with Cherish in the grocery cart not feeling well—I became discouraged. I kept praying for wisdom, but a sense of urgency and heaviness kept coming over me.

There are SO MANY products that are gluten-free—which is wonderful!—but add the variables of dairy-free and egg-free to it, and well…I was wishing I could hire a personal shopper to shop for me and teach me after I have food in the pantry, in the refrigerator, and in my daughter’s belly.

Instead, I continued to pray for wisdom, bought fruits, veggies, and simple carbohydrates (like brown rice), and picked up a recipe book from the library that has recipes for all kinds of allergies. (I hope they’ve combined some allergies to come up with some recipes for me.)

One baby step at a time.

I praise God Cherish is a bit better since going off dairy and eggs. She is not confined to the couch or dropping to the floor quite as often throughout the day. THANK YOU, JESUS!