She’s allergic to what???
I spent the month of April
this year off work. Tiny started feeling bad and it progressed to full on PAIN.
It killed me to see her like that. We saw 3 doctors and had 9 test and an
upper and lower GI scope done. Finally found the problem.
She has Celiac disease.
Which means what exactly? It is an autoimmune disease that causes her body to
attack itself because it sees her small intestine as the same as gluten. And to
her gluten is BAD! Then we find out it is genetic and now the family needs
checked. Well needless to say the whole family is going gluten free.
It is hard to explain to a
12 year old why she can’t have pancakes when everyone else can. Our first
attempt at gluten free pancakes came out weird. I ended up adding cornmeal and
potato flakes to it and serving the potato cakes for dinner with cheese. Which
worked so no waste, but she was mad. And she shares her daddy’s temper. Well I have
all summer to figure this out and plan on packing her lunch for next year. It
is hard enough explaining sis’s allergies, trying to explain gluten free to the
school…not looking forward to it.
So this means…total purge
of my cabinets. Cleaning, vacuuming, and scrubbing flour residue out of the
cabinets. Finding noodle and flour substitutes that work. Believe it or not the
bread was the easiest to replace. Potato bread is “white” now and not much more
expensive.
Nana has been struggling
with Bee’s allergies and is thinking about trying gluten free too. It’s not
much different from dairy free so not much harder. Her kids’ allergies defy
reason. One has pork, turkey and oranges. One has beef, bananas and carrots. And
Bee has beef and dairy. No logic involved. And F is allergic to raw veggies.
Makes me wonder what I am
really allergic to. Tiny having celiac means either me or Superman has it also.
And since Superman has had an upper and lower GI scope and it was never
mentioned…it’s probably me. So I am going gluten free too!
Well enough for this time…if
you have comments and/or suggestions on making the gluten free transition
easier let me know.
Till next time…
