Marcia is convinced we all have Celiac’s disease. There is no cure, but it requires a gluten-free diet. Why?
The reasons are plentiful. For all of us. But most recently, Noah has had some blood results that are very troubling to Dr Arshad. He needs a litany of tests over the next few weeks. Yesterday, Marcia had me worrying about Leukemia.
After I bathed Noah last night, I talked to him as I was dressing him for bed. I told him he needed a lot more tests. From lady doctor? That’s right buddy. She needs to test you so the itchy rash goes away. And we need to get your blood tested again. Maybe all of this will stop your nose bleeds. I don’t like nose bleeds.
I’m proud of my son. Yesterday he was counting all of the lights in the room. And he was grouping them and adding together. There’s 2. There’s two. There’s 5. There’s 3. Altogether there’s 12! And last night he was doing Highlights magazine and wanted me to read to him.
I am overextended lately, and Marcia is way overextended. I find myself telling Noah “no” way too many times when he asks me to read to him at night. If I read to him, I fall asleep in his bed, happens every time. But, I need to do it more.
Noah takes everything like a man. We tell him he can’t do something or can’t eat something and he understands. Last night, he got very upset that he could no longer have bread and cookies, etc, in addition to already being “allergic” to peanut butter, milk and eggs. Poor guy.
So, we’ll try this diet for 30 days and we’ll see. Maybe Marcia’s right. Maybe this will make all the difference.
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