6 Months Out

Remember this little guy?  This picture was taken 6 months ago- back in March, right before Ty's Endoscopy...  

As I look at the picture... I can see how sick he is...  It makes me sad.  And a little mad.  But we'll stick with sad because anger just stresses me out.  His little face is so pale- I know it's spring time and he has some winter pasties- but it goes beyond that!  Look at the dark purple around his eyes.  Good grief he must have been so tired.  And he's so skinny.

My avid blog followers (all three of you) know that three months after this picture was taken, Ty had gained 6 pounds and grown 2 1/2 inches.

Now at six months post endo...  Are you ready?  Ty gained another 4 pounds and grew another inch.  His anti-body numbers are WAY down from where they were.  Remember they were at 100?  They are now at 24- which is so much closer to the mark he's supposed to be at!  We're not quite there yet- but I have no doubt we'll get there!

We haven't been without our bumps in the road... Remember I told you about Ty's insistence at having hot lunch at school?  We gave it a go for about four weeks.  And then the school called and told me that Ty threw up at recess.  I raced over and picked him up- immediately asking the secretary what he'd had for lunch.  It was just a hot dog- but I question the bun.  And apparently so did Ty.  He's pretty sure that's what made him sick (and so am I).

This was an interesting trial period- but I think we are done with hot lunch.  Bless the school and the secretary for trying- but I think there was some cross contamination going on somewhere due to some behavior issues we saw re-surface in Ty.  He'll kill me for putting this on the blog one day- but that's so far away from now- I'll worry about it later.  But we saw bed-wetting again.  Ty had issues with it for a long time, and when we took him off gluten- it all but disappeared.  With the entrance of hot lunch- we had more and more instances of it.  Ty was also a little more short tempered- which could have been attributed to being tired- 1st grade is hard and it is a long day for a little guy... but Ty had a pretty short fuse the last couple weeks.

He's been back on home lunches this week and it's been a world of a difference.  He's happier.  He's more helpful.  He doesn't seem as stressed out.  And he's been dry all week when he gets up out of bed in the morning.  What's more- Ty admitted to my mom yesterday that he "just didn't feel as angry anymore."  How huge is that for a 7 year old to be able to recognize?

That said... I need lunch helps!!!!  What do you guys send with your little ones??  I've been experimenting with different breads in order to have a sandwich... But what else is there besides a lot of prepackaged stuff?  Do you make the extras you send with your kids?