Food Allergies--Elimination Diet Begins

Ok so for the next 3 months we will do an elimination diet for Cailyn and try to let her esophagus heal by removing all foods she may be allergic or sensitive too. The list is extensive.

The Red List is No-No and will be eliminated for at least 3 months

1. Milk

2. Egg

3. Soy

4. Wheat

5. Tomato

6. Peaches

7. Zucchini

8. Green Pepper

9. Honey Dew

10. Cantaloupe

11. Chickpeas

12. Yellow Squash

13. Onion

14. Spinach

15. Beef

16. Pork

17. Pineapple

18. Raspberry

19. Butternut Squash

20. Sweet Potato

21. Turkey

22. White Potato

23. Red Beans (these last two are being reviewed again and may be able to go on the green list)

24. Black Beans

The Green List is OK

1. Chicken

2. Green Beans

3. Carrots

4. Corn

5. Peas

6. Pears

7. Coconut

8. Apple

9. Prunes

10. Oats

11. Rice

12. Barley

13. Orange

14. Avocado

15. Almond Milk

16. Jello

17. Banana

18. Quinoa

19. Lentil

20. Grapefruit

21. Apricot

22. Blackberry

23. Tuna

24. Peanut

25. Red Pepper

26. Pumpkin

27. Grapes

28. Strawberry

29. Lemon

30. Papaya

31. Blueberry

32. Broccoli

33. Yellow squash

34. Garlic

35. Salmon

36. Watermelon

37. Lime

38. Plum

39. Flaxseed

40. Mango

Spring Break's Over

Well Spring Break is over and I'm back to getting up at 5:30am to get Cailyn ready for school. Her sleeping has been better and yesterday she only slept until 9 at school. Much better than her 11 am days.

We had a follow-up with Dr. Im yesterday. He feels she's more attentive and aware than even 3 months ago and wants to do a baseline x-ray on her hips to keep an eye on their development.

Along with all her regularly schedule therapy, upcoming appointments include: a followup with ophthalmology, genetics and neurology in May and then allergist, allergy testing and new GI doc in June. Fingers crossed she's over her milk and/or egg allergy. It would be great to add these items into her diet.

I'm not going nuts over the royal wedding. I will probably check out the coverage to see her dress, I do remember watching Princess Diana walk down the aisle on TV. So here's a fun little game.
Find your own Royal Name
Mine and Cailyn's royal names:
Duchess Jennifer Lulu Reeseton of Sterlington
Lady Cailyn Ticky Reeseton of Sterlington

The new king bed is ok. It's a bit too firm for my taste but the room is nice and not having 2 dogs on top of me is good too.

After Cailyn has left for school the past 2 days I've taken the dogs for a 2- mile walk. I started out the school year really well and did this walk for about the first 2 weeks of school. Then we got sick, it got cold and dark and I abandoned the morning walks.

Yesterday I thought I was going to have to carry at least one of the boys and my bet was on Otis, who is now topping out at 35 pounds and very strong, he's firm and very much muscle-y. Elvis has lost some weight so I think he's around 20. Elvis holds his own but sometimes Otis powers over him.