These are a few of my favorite things

Well, we've done it.  We have worked in coconut oil, egg yolk, banana, and chayote squash into our growing menu.  He has had each of them 3 times with hardly a symptom.  No cough, and very little eye goop came with this rotation.  A first for us.   Our mucous overload hardly made an appearance, another beautiful sign of God's healing mercies.  We are thrilled over here with our progress, remember January?  I asked you to pray BIG with me.  5 foods by March, when he turned 2.  We did it then with 5 broths and beef meat.  Since then BIGGER things have happened.  We slowly have a menu.  Here are a few of our Favorite things:

1. broth (5 different ones)                                10. coconut oil
2. grass fed beef                                              11. egg yolk
3. fish                                                               12. banana
4. sauerkraut                                                    13. chayote squash
5. pumpkin                                                       14. honey
6. celery                                                           15. tea: yellow dock, nettle leaf, chamomile
7. cauliflower
8. zucchini
9. carrots

A miraculous list of 15 items.  With God's help we defeated our list of 5, three times over!!!   I have 3 more items I want to add, before we just sit back and let him start eating larger portions of these items.   Lamb, onion, and dill pickles.  I'm planning to run through the last rotation this week once again, and then we'll start the 3 new foods early next week.

I'm going to ask you to join in prayer with me again.  On July 23, we have another GI appt.  Our iron levels have not been checked since our last appointment in March, when they were deemed transfusion worthy.  He also hadn't grown or gained any weight at that appointment which is a concern.  So this is what I am asking that you will join me in prayer from June 23 until July 23.  A month of prayer.  Prayer that Levi's iron levels will go up, that he will have gained weight, and have gotten a little taller.  I would love to walk out of that appointment with the doctors as pleased as we are with his  progress!

2 more of Levi's favorite things, Papa (his first word) and the cottage!

Oh WOW!!

This post is going to be a little scattered.  Basically because I'm practically jumping out of my seat with excitement.   Lets see if I can get it out, with it still making sense.  

Over the weekend,  we took the plunge and went in for the next rotation of coconut oil, egg yolk, and banana, then a friend found me some chayote squash, so we quickly added that in as well.    This rotation was freaking me out.  Mostly because I want coconut oil, and egg so badly, and also it feels like these are tougher foods to tackle (at least in my mind).  I seriously had to talk myself out of a panic attack on Saturday, before giving him the coconut oil, and then Adam ever so nicely reminded me, that really the worse thing that could happen is that he would get sick, but God would help us through it, so really what did we have to lose?  It's true, what did we have to loose?  God loves Levi more than I do, so with that knowledge we can rest in His hands.  And you know what?  NOTHING happened.  It was a teeny, tiny amount, but there was NOTHING!!  There was also nothing with egg yolk (which he LOVED) and with banana today.  2 hours (almost to the minute) after the squash he woke up in the middle of his nap screaming, and I was preparing myself for the worst, but I went down, rocked him back to sleep, and he woke up an hour later happy as can be.   But this my friends is only the beginning of my excitement, you see today after dinner Levi had his FIRST formed poop EVER in. his. life.  I'm so sorry that you have to read about poop.  But you see, this is HUGE.  It means his body is working!!  In the middle of my scariest rotation ever, God sends me a beautiful sign that He is healing his body.  His promise of healing is coming true, we are seeing the signs!!!  There may have been some tears tonight over poop.  Happy, joyful tears, and I'm cool with that!!

Also...... today Levi started saying "Oh wow".  Yes little buddy "OH WOW"!! 

Tomorrow I give him coconut oil a little braver.  Oh wow, what a day!