Diagnosis

Abby's doctor called back yesterday to talk about her low blood sugar. He diagnosed her with hypoglycemia. This isn't the best news in the world, but it could definitely be a lot worse. I guess we were correct when we figured last week that's what she had.

Basically we are supposed to now feed her 5 or 6 small meals a day as opposed to three big ones with snacks in between. We're also supposed to drastically cut back on processed foods. We don't give her a ton of those anyways, but it was always so nice to be able to throw some graham crackers in a bag to take out places for when Abby needs a snack. What parent doesn't do that?!? Well, the doctor says no to snacks of graham crackers, animal crackers, pretzles, etc. Basically all the "easy" snacks have to go I think.

If she has any more of these shaking episodes, the doctor wants us to see an endocrinologist. If she continues getting the shakes, he thinks it could be some other metabolic disorder.

We don't know what to think exactly. This has all come up in just the last two weeks. It seems she's eating every minute of every day. And when she's not eating, it seems that she's thinking about eating. Her teachers tell us everyday just how much she's eating, and it seems like a TON! We just don't know if she's going through a growth spurt, or if it's the hypoglycemia, or something else. Something has just been "off" for the last couple of weeks.

We're thinking we might try to see a nutritionist to give us some snack and meal ideas that would be good for her.