GI specialist

The GI specialist called Friday at 10am and said they could see us at 1pm. We were on our way to Walmart, so we quickly got a few things, headed home to eat and get dressed and headed to Phoenix Children's Hospital. The Dr recommended we change Peyton's medicine to twice a day and use a liquid instead of the capsules since there is no way of knowing how much she is actually getting. He thinks the reason for her evening fussiness could be due to the tapering off of her meds. He also recommend I go on a strict milk-free, soy- free and egg-free diet. Joni had to do this diet with Hunter for a few months and told me how awful it was. Everything has one of these 3 ingredients in them. However, Im determined to continue breast feeding so yesterday Peyton and I went to Trader Joes to see what the fuss was about and if they had anything there that would work for me. $20 was all I spent and that included a $5 bottle of shampoo! If I ever have to be on a gluten-free diet, I know where to shop. So basically my meals are limited to a bean wrapped in lettuce with a carrot on the side!! I'm to follow this strict diet for a few weeks and see if the mucus clears up in Peyton's poop. If the mucus is still there, then he wants a sample to see if the WBC is high because that means there is inflammation which would cause a problem. Otherwise, since there is no blood in her stool and she is gaining weight and active like an 8 month old, mucus in her stool would not be of concern to him. He also wants me to see how often she chokes while feeding and if I am concern with that then we can do a modified barium swallow (mbs) to determine if she is swallowing correctly.
Follow up is in 6 weeks. Overall I liked this doctor, however he did tend to get in my personal space while talking to me. I picked up Peyton to put her between us because it was a little uncomfortable and my back was against the wall, literally!