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April 16, 2013

another Bruce update

Well Bruce is still sick..  Not nearly as bad, but he is.  When we got her he made an appointment with a gastrologist, and went in for another endoscopy.  Thankfully the inside of his stomach looks amazing.  When he had his endoscopy in November he had h-pylori, severe gastritis, damage to his esophagus  and it was just all around REALLY bad.  The Dr. told him he would have to be on P.P.I.'s (a pill to help the gastritis) the rest of his life... Well thankfully when he just got his endoscopy the Dr. said everything had completely healed and he looked amazing inside.  What an answer to prayers!!!!  The bad thing.. those P.P.I's he was on.. Bruce is one of the few that has bad side effects from it.  It is what killed his gall bladder, it caused him to get a bacteria in his small intestine, and it is what has made him so sick.  They did a test on him and found out he has a bacteria in his small intestine, and so he has to be on a Low Fodmap diet, and take some antibiotics that will hopefully kill it.  This Low Fodmap diet is soooo hard.  Basically he can't eat anything with gluten, dairy, or sweeteners like honey in it.  The main things he cannot eat that are in EVERYTHING is onion of any kind, garlic of any kind or honey.  There are certain fruits and veggies he can and cannot eat.. and certain dairy items he can and cannot eat.  I am at a lost 90% of the time on what to make. Every one of my recipes have either garlic or onion in it somehow haha.  So it has been pretty interesting   I just pray this will help him and he can get back to feeling 100%

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