Not sure if our son was experiencing the 2-3 month setback that sounds common on the SCD, but he was pretty messed up last week and on into the weekend. He hasn't had anything "illegal" to eat in a long time, and the funny thing is that he would tell on himself if he ever did. He eats quite a bit of fruit (cooked) -- maybe that messes him up a bit. (?) In any case, the blogging gets quiet when that happens as we focus in on him...
We decided to go back to diet square one for a day to see if we could "fix" things. It's nice to see instantaneous, positive changes in his symptoms with the intro diet. It's comforting to know that we (might) have something to rely on when he gets into digestive trouble. The intro diet is definitely not a long-term diet, unfortunately, but hopefully we can figure out whether or not it was a food we'd given him that screwed him up - and avoid it in the future.
It's tricky and stressful. There are a lot of SCD websites out there. There are a lot of pediatric Crohn's sites out there. However, there is not a lot of information about treating Crohn's with SCD among kids! SCD would be hard for other kids, but our son's regimented personality makes it possible for us.
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