Miss Hannah Banana

Where do I begin.  

I guess I begin by saying we have been dealing with something, we don't know what yet, for a while now regarding this little girls bowel movements. We have noticed this little girl has had issues with this for a while but we didn't really put everything together until she decided she wanted to potty train.  Not until then did we figure that maybe there could be a problem.  The problem is extremely loose, diarrhea like stools - constantly, which as you can imagine makes potty training a nightmare for her and me. 

I figured it was a food issue so I took dairy away but nothing changed.  

I took her to a doctor where I was giving viles, rubber gloves and tongue depressives to collect samples. Everything came back normal. Still the problem continued.

I took her to an allergist thinking it must be an allergy to a food - one that I must be missing.  Every test came back negative. The allergist recommended taking her in for a celiacs blood test and making an appointment to a pediatric GI specialist. Which I have yet to make appointments for.  She said if those tests all come back normal we could be looking at an autoimmune thing or just an intolerance to something. At this point I don't know what I want it to be.

Walking out of the allergists this last week I felt discouraged and hope at the same time. 

Discouraged because every test has come back negative.  Discouraged because I can't figure out the answer - am I just making this all up?!  But then I look at the bucket of rinsed out diarrhea underwear under the bathroom sink and KNOW I am not making this up. Discouraged because I am tired and was really wanting to walk out of the office with an answer.

On the other hand I was feeling hope. 

Hope because we know that she is not allergic to what they tested her for.  Hope because I can give her cheese and yogurt again!!  Hope because I felt like the allergist believed me and gave me another direction to go to. Hope because maybe one day we can figure this all out and she can be successful in her potty training. 

I love this little girl.  I will fight for her. We will figure this out.