Monday, September 19, 2011

Medical Update: Allergist diagnosed him with milk protein enterocolitis

After seeing an allergist at Stanford Auggie was diagnosed with milk protein enterocolitis.  The diagnosis is based on my anecdotes and observations - no medical test available to diagnose it.  So, we are staying off milk but have been experimenting with cheese.  We will do a blood test for celiac disease in the coming weeks.  We've introduced gluten and so far he seems to be tolerating it - it's hard to tell though because the quantities he's consuming are quite small.  He has come down with Roseola again so we had a few days of minimal eating which was very depressing. We hope to get back on track soon as he is teeny tiny - he just hit 20 pounds before he got sick.