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<\/a>Her blood and urine tests still have a few remnants of the diet that we hope will continue to resolve as we continue to liberalize her diet. Her blood acidosis level is still a little high and she still has the beginnings of kidney stones. The treatment for both of those issues are compatible and simple: plenty of water intake, and we can add\u00a0some dietary citrate. I’m still doing some research into the citrate options; she already takes calcium citrate and we will have to decide if we start supplementing with magnesium or\u00a0potassium citrate.<\/p>\nWe will continue to wean her from the diet slowly by changing how we administer the diet. At this point, she is getting 40 grams of carbs per day and has no limits on protein or fat. We are only weighing and tracking her carb intake to make sure that she doesn’t exceed her 40 g limit, but we are not tracking her daily ratio anymore.<\/p>\n
Our next step will be to estimate carb portions, much like diabetics are taught to do. Then we can shoot for an estimated 8-10 grams of carbs per meal, 5 times per day (still plenty of snacks in her day). We will give up the precision of the weighed foods, with the understanding that her carb intake will fluctuate more from day to day but will stay comfortably lower than a traditional US diet.<\/p>\n
Nora will not see a big difference in her diet, but I hope that it frees Ted and I a little more. We have appreciated our little friend the gram scale, but I look forward to throwing together quick meals without consulting the spreadsheet and the scale first.<\/p>\n
This is also an opportunity to start teaching Nora to feed herself. She would love more freedom and has appreciated the ability to get herself a piece of cheese anytime she is hungry. As she gets older she will appreciate more freedom, and we all need to learn healthy eating habits for our own bodies.<\/p>\n
We have been going back to Doernbecher for check ups every 6 months, and now we will wait a whole year until we go back again, and Dr. Wray thinks that we won’t have to do those big nasty blood draws anymore! Nora is very happy to hear that news!<\/p>\n
After lunch\u00a0we walked down to the renowned Powell’s City of Books. We found a fabulous book of Japanese folk tales, several other books picked by each kid, and a few games.\u00a0Good times in the big city. Now we will have to plan to come back once and awhile just for fun.<\/p>\n We visited Dr. Wray at Doernbecher yesterday for Nora’s 6-month Keto Clinic appointment. She is now 35 months seizure free and weaned to the Modified Atkins Diet. As usual, she ran through the standard clinic neurological checks and passed with … Continue reading <\/a>We do enjoy our trips to Portland. This time Nora wanted to go to the Japanese Gardens and brought\u00a0her Japanese robe and umbrella that she got for Christmas. We also met up with another keto kid, Annie, who is moving from MAD to a higher ratio to get better seizure control. It is so important for families to support each other through this, because we have so much to give to each other that our doctors and dietitians don’t have experience to help us with: the daily grind of meal preparation and the learning curve. As we continue to wean Nora from the diet and wean ourselves from the gram scale, we plan to ramp up the support group.<\/p>\nWe made it a Japanese themed day (on St. Patrick’s Day, no less, but at least we beat the crowds!). We had sushi at Masu Sushi, which felt like a fancy place but was low-key for lunch. Nora can eat edamame and sashimi until her belly is content, and here we found some dungeons crab rolls that both kids adored (Anders got the rice from Nora’s, a win-win).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"