Celiac Disease

When Kassidy was born she was a normal healthy child but as time went we starting inroducing solid foods. She loved all the things kids love, mac and cheese, teddy grahms, yogurt, cookies, pancakes, waffles, corn dogs, etc. By the time she was 1 1/2 she had lost weight, muscle and was gassy, cranky and bloated. We kept taking her to the dr. because she wasn't looking right to me and he kept saying to put her on a high fat diet. Nothing worked! So to make a long story short, a couple at church has a daughter with Celiac Disease which is an intolerance to wheat and gluten and the mother decided to tell me that they think Kassidy may have the same thing so I took her to another dr. and asked her to run this blood test for Celiac. She did and Kassidy came back with a severe case of wheat/gluten intolerance. So...after 3 days of putting her on a strict diet she began to feel/look and act better. It's amazing how good she is growing now and how sad it is to look back on pictures of her and not know what was happening to her poor little body. Since this intolerance is very high for her we have to use all seperate condiments, different toaster so as not to contaminate anything with our stuff. We have to shop for gluten/wheat free food so that means we can't just go to McDonalds and pick up some nuggets (lol). We have to make sure she does NOT get wheat/gluten and this also goes for lotions, shampoos, medications, you name it!! We never know the things that can happen to us and it helps to talk about it so others know. It's amazing how many people have allergies and it makes me wonder what the heck is in our food and environment these days.