Low carb diet
a friend once told me there are only two kinds of parents of kids with
special needs, pushers, and smotherers, and blessedly, my parents gritted
their teeth and pushed... i guess that is part of why i have always beleived
in a higher power, some kids might have needed different, but i got what i
needed, i have confidence i can survive anything, Lee
"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> How awful for you Lee, and your parents, to have to watch. Watching a kid
> suffer is the absolute worst thing. Well death is the ultimate but you
> know what I mean.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>> unfortunately this really is her life, so you will simply have to decide
>> which is more important, you not touching meat, or her living to
>> adulthood, i hate to be harsh, but coming from a family where my parents
>> not only had to do things to my eyes medically that aftwards, my father
>> would throw his guts up, they paid for over a hundred k of surgical
>> procedures, starting in 1959 on their own, so i could see for a while, i
>> am sure grateful they were both able to do what needed doing, if they
>> haden't the doctors would have had no option but to cut out my eys
>> because the pain wouldn't have been bearable, Julie you are a smart
>> woman, and you love your child, now go do what needs doing, Lee
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>>>>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>>>>> julie,
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>>>>>> You can make kebabas in the broiler of your oven. I live in a city
>>>>>> apartment and would make them for the kids occasionally.
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>>>>> I won't use the broiler. Too messy. I also don't think I could make
>>>>> kebabs. I won't touch raw meat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Too bad the chicken kebabs they sell have either wheat or peanut in
>>>>> them.
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>>>> Well, the unfortunate thing now is that Angela really needs to have
>>>> certain things to get healthy so you might have to bite the bullet. Use
>>>> the disposables gloves. When Jazz was an infant she got asthma after
>>>> bronchiolitis. I had a major mask problem ever since I had a rubber
>>>> mask pumping ether into me when I had tonsils out at 3. For 2 days
>>>> nurses held her while she was on the nebuliser. After that they forced
>>>> me to do it. As they said, my child's life could depend on this and I
>>>> was the only one home with her most of the time. Yes they were brutal
>>>> but it was necessary. My kids' life and health had to come before my
>>>> phobia. I think you might have to overcome some of your problems like
>>>> with fresh meat, to help Angela. No one else is going to do it.
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>>> There is no way I will handle raw meat even with gloves on. And no way
>>> I will use the broiler. There is no way of knowing if she would even
>>> like the kebabs. Chances are she wouldn't. She just doesn't like meat
>>> when I cook it. I found part of tonight's dinner on the kitchen floor.
>>> I guess she thought I wouldn't see it there? A piece of meat and a
>>> potato with one bite taken out of them. She said she liked the
>>> potatoes. Apparently not. I didn't like them one bit. Most likely
>>> because of the garlic. Luckily it was a small dinner but apparently too
>>> much meat for me.
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>>> My stomach has really been bothering me lately and the foods I seem to
>>> digest the best are white bread, white rice, and mashed potatoes. I hate
>>> eating these things around her but... I guess I have no choice.
>>> Especially since we are down to one toilet now.
>>>
>>> I am hoping the guy will show up tomorrow like he said he would to
>>> finish my driveway and then I can ask him if he could put in a new
>>> toilet. After we get that paid off I will take her to Smart Eats. They
>>> sell gluten free stuff and low carb stuff. In most cases you get one or
>>> the other. And I think most of the low carb stuff will be out for her
>>> because it contains nuts or soy. But we might find something she can
>>> eat.
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