Because of Morgan's behavior and slow weight gain, as well as Samantha Webster talking about Fraya and her food intolerance, we decided to get more information. Fortunately Moorhead has a new naturopathic clinic where we could have Morgan tested for IgA & IgE allergies. Three weeks ago Morgan was a trooper sitting through the blood test and today we heard the results.
There's good and bad information. Good - I was terrified she was going to come back with wheat/gluten and or soy intolerance and she has NONE! YEAH!
Bad - she's severely lactose/dairy intolerant. We knew through food trials that lactose was an issue, what we are learning now is what else milk gets listed as and what it really is. The biggest flag on her test was WHEY. Whey is in everything! For the next 6 months Morgan has to be completely dairy free - no more whole milk lactaid, she tried and like chocolate rice milk tonight; no more butter (after reading every margarine label finally found one with no milk or whey - smart balance light); no more whole milk yogurt. These have been staples for us for higher calorie food.
Now we need to take the leap and trust, hope and pray that taking her off her high fat dairy will be OK and that the replacements - even though less in calories, will allow her to absorb more nutrients and calories and hence gain weight and have easier BM's.
Tomorrow? breakfast - her regular Naturade Total Soy powder mixed with unsweetened almond milk - we'll let you know what she thinks!
Oh man! So good to have more knowledge, though. The way you feel about Morgan's whey intolerance is how I felt about my soy allergy: it's in *everything.* Once I got past the hurdle of thinking my life was over, it was much more manageable. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteHey Kristin: I had to do that for a while as a teenager -- no meat or milk for me. The main things I remember were eating spaghetti bolognese made with red lentils instead of ground beef, and eating carob instead of chocolate. And, coincidentally, having to search everywhere for margarine with no dairy in it.
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