Down Mulberry Lane

Crash and Burn...

We were having such a good day and shortly after potluck, my daughter started having her bladder spasms again.  I have NO idea what caused it.  We had haystacks, which we eat at home and have no problems.  The new culprits... gramma gave Paige a sucker (which had food colorings and she licked on for a couple minutes after church before I was able to convince her to leave it in the car).  Then she tried some carob dairi-free milk, some plain dairi-free milk and some chocolate dairi-free milk.  The chocolate was cocoa only, no milk products.  Well, between the sucker and the cocoa... we have a problem. 

Paige was so happy at potluck that she went potty with out wetting her panties that she proceeded to tell everyone she was dry and her panties weren't wet.  OK, not a normal thing kiddos do, but she was happy and I just sat there watching her enjoy... ENJOY being able to say she was dry.  And then two hours later, the spasms began and she tells me... I'm sorry Mommy.... my panties are wet, but I went on the potty (for the third time in 15 minutes).   It just crushes my heart... she can't do anything about it, but to see her so joyful at telling people she was dry, I KNOW that this wetting bothers her as much as it does us for having to change her outfit nearly 10 times a day.  (Yes that is alot of laundry that I do to keep up with her!) 

This evening we had friends over and my daughter was very strung out.  She kept throwing things at our guests and crying, and whining and crying and fussing and hitting.  She just isn't a hitter, so that alarmed me that the reaction was more than just wetting.  She also has a rash/hive spot on her hand that wasn't  there this afternoon.  UGGERS!

I guess we start over and eliminate chocolate, SOY, and dairy, and food colorings and be strict about it.    

That was my day...

~Melissa

That Poor little Girl!!!

10:45 PM, October 4, 2008 .. Posted by safords

I am sorry for Paige! I sure hope that you can figure this all out and that there are no more hidden triggers to discover. The guessing is no fun. BUt obviously you know what you are doing.

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2:58 AM, October 5, 2008 .. Posted by jackiebridgen

Sue Dengate's 'Fed Up'?
There is an eliminaion diet (I dont' know if you already have one, maybe you do0 so you can test everything, methodically.It's tedious but worth it.
We went through a lot of this with my daughter (not the bladder issue, but a lot of other stuff) and it was exhausting. I just want to encourage you, she is over it! We have 'the list' and she has to avoid somethings totally, but others, the effects have become less with age and she just has to exercise caution.

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10:22 AM, October 5, 2008 .. Posted by gabbie427

I am so sorry you and Paige are going through this. Bless her heart!!! I hope you figure out what foods are causing this and are able to fix it soon. I will be praying.

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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3:41 PM, October 5, 2008 .. Posted by a1health

I'm sorry to hear this. A diet can be hard for a kid. We put my youngest on a gluten free/caesin free diet. It really helped him. My parents gave him things off his diet though and he always came home sick. My Dad still sneaks him ding dongs though he is now on a low sugar diet. Turns out his problem was blood sugar issues.
You have to make sure to educate all those around her to what she can and cannot have and that will help.
Blessings,
~FArrah