My Tieg

Ithought I would post a little bit about Tieg, our 5 year old. For those of you that don't know....when he was 18 months old he was rushed to Seattle Childrens Hospital and recieved a blood transfusion and was diagnosed with Iron Deficient Anemia and we were told that he would have to take iron for 6 months but then he should be fine. We moved to Tucson and we thought that he was fine but a year later we noticed that he was getting a little pale and weak looking so we took him in to see a doctor and found that he was once again iron deficient and so for the past 2 1/2 years we have been trying to figure out why he is loosing blood, which is causing him to be iron deficient. We have seen allergist and GI doctors and had endoscopies and a colonoscopy and we have found out that he has alot of food allergies and he has been diagnosed with Esonophilic Esophogitus Disorder which is causing his bleeding in his GI Tract. Now the hard part is finding out exactly what foods that he is allergic to, whicn can be very difficult. He has been put on an elemental diet (liquid only) and we add 1 food in every 8 weeks and rescope to see if he has an allergic reaction to it.....so for right now he can have apples and pork. The hard thing is finding foods with other additives in them and that are all natural. I feel so bad for him, but I have to say he is such a good sport about it. He does have his moments when he is sad because his brothers and sister can eat whatever they want. The last scope he had we told him that he would get to add a food in after we got the results and he was ecited about that and asked if the food we added could be donuts......I wish! They tell us that some kids grow out of allergies and I hope and pray that is the case for Tieg and that someday soon he will be able to eat whatever he wants!