Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Pray for Benjamin

We have a prayer request for Benjamin. We went for his 2 year check-up yesterday and he is not doing as well as we would hope. For starters he has lost weight since his last check-up, which is never good for a growing toddler. Also he has had some funny issues with his digestive system--I'll spare you the details--which lead the doctor to order several "non routine" blood tests, including a test for celiac disease (a severe intolerance to gluten, which is in tons and tons of everyday foods). He has dealt his whole life with food allergies, but this would be a major step beyond what we have been dealing with because while food allergies typically go away, there is no cure for celiac disease. In addition he may have some nutritional deficiencies (due to his limited allergen-free diet) and potentially even something more serious that would be auto-immune related. We are not at the "freaking out" point yet. We will just have to see what the tests indicate. We should get the results sometime between Thursday and Monday. But please just pray for our little guy. I hate that he is not entirely healthy. It just breaks my heart. Plus, I'm not really sure, as a mom, how to deal with all this. I feel very responsible for him nutritionally (obviously), but he is a typical picky toddler and so feeding him requires so much creativity and effort. I am struggling with not feeling guilty that I'm not putting enough effort into it, but at the same time I don't know what else to feed him! And then there's the whole discipline element to throw in there. I don't want to cater to his defiance just because I want him to eat.

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