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>>>> Angela is sick. I don't know what is going on. She restarted the
>>>> Metformin and is now up to 2 pills per day. Will up it to 3
>>>> tomorrow. That will be 1,500.
>>>>
>>>> It started with diarrhea but I don't really think this is from the
>>>> Metformin because she took that dose for many days with no problem.
>>>> She was also very tired, cranky and had an ear ache, sore throat and
>>>> runny nose
>>>>
>>>> She already had a Drs. appointment for the follow-up on her hand/arm
>>>> twitch which had resolved. So we mentioned the other symptoms.
>>>>
>>>> Dr. said she had a slightly red and swollen ear and wasn't going to
>>>> do anything about it. Said that things like this resolve on their
>>>> own in kids her age. I pointed out that the last ear infection did
>>>> not resolve itself. It started in May and kept going until June!
>>>>
>>>> So she prescribed Azytrhromycin but said not to give it to her unless
>>>> she got a fever. I did anyway. But not right away. I waited 2 days
>>>> until she was screaming with ear pain. I didn't actually take her
>>>> temperature because I still do not have an accurate thermometer and
>>>> refuse to keep buying them. I have bought dozens over the years. They
>>>> will show us with a fever and then we will go to the Dr. and be
>>>> found to have a normal temperature. Or they show us with no fever
>>>> and the Dr. says we have one! Anyway she went from feeling chilled
>>>> (it was a warm day) to sweating (and by then it had cooled off). She
>>>> felt hot to the touch. So that was on Sunday. She was also
>>>> sleeping a lot. I had to wake her. And she was going to bed early.
>>>> Neither thing is like her.
>>>>
>>>> She missed school on Friday. I didn't really believe she was sick at
>>>> first. She said she had diarrhea and complained of the ear, throat
>>>> and runny nose. Got right back in bed and ate nothing that day but a
>>>> few bites of cereal and only because I told her she had to eat
>>>> something. Since then she has eaten little. Was having one bout of
>>>> diarrhea a
>>>> day. Seemed to resolve with a store brand Imodium. But then late
>>>> last night she got up from bed, almost crying from stomach pain. Severe
>>>> diarrhea! Took the maximum dose of the store brand Imodium
>>>> which is 4 pills. First 2, then 1 then another 1. She stayed up,
>>>> hovering over a bowl not sure which way she was going to get sick. I
>>>> finally gave her a can of diet ginger ale and then she felt a bit
>>>> better. I debated taking her to the Dr. again today but so far no
>>>> diarrhea.
>>>> However she says she does feel sick to her stomach.
>>>>
>>>> Her Endo. is not in on Tuesdays. Apparently he is there early in the
>>>> morning for some kind of appointment but then he leaves. I don't
>>>> know if he does surgery or what but he does not answer calls today. So
>>>> I didn't bother trying to call to see if this stomach stuff could
>>>> be from the Metformin. But the family practitioner she saw didn't
>>>> seem to think so. Her pediatrician was booked up so she saw another
>>>> Dr. She really hasn't been eating much. She had some gluten free fish
>>>> sticks for breakfast and I made her a small amount of plain white
>>>> rice for lunch. Neither of these things are low carb, I know. We
>>>> may have some yogurt. Not sure but if we do it will be the flavored
>>>> kind. She won't eat plain. I am not sure about giving her toast. She
>>>> can't eat regular bread. Normally she eats some made of corn
>>>> flour which would be bad. I just got the new order. There is some
>>>> made of tapioca. Would that work for her problem? I do have a few
>>>> slices of some mixed grain, high fiber stuff. I know that would be
>>>> bad. We do have all kinds of applesauce. No bananas in the house.
>>>> I do have a couple of chicken breasts I could cook, plenty of canned
>>>> chicken, chicken broth and also rice pasta.
>>>>
>>>> At this point I think I am going to worry less about carbs and just
>>>> try to get her well. Because of her missing 3 days of school she is
>>>> now flunking history because she missed a test. They are making it
>>>> super hard this year for kids who are absent to make up work! Her
>>>> math teacher was putting their assignments online but then she
>>>> suddenly stopped. So I don't know if she was sick or what. Angela
>>>> said tons of kids have been sick.
>>>>
>>>> So what do you eat when you have diarrhea? Assuming you normally eat
>>>> low carb .
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>>> My mother always gave us grated apple. FWIW none of my kids, even as
>>> teenagers have ever thrown off an ear infection by themselves. My 16
>>> year old has had two in the past few months with a heavy cold. Every
>>> cold we seem to get lately comes with upset stomach as well. Avoid
>>> yoghurt, toast should be ok. Things like milk products and fats often
>>> make stomach upsets worse and more prolonged. I usually stop all
>>> medications when I have upset stomach as well.
>>>
>>> Before antibiotics ear infections often led to mastoiditis. Why would
>>> a doctor think that process has changed?
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>> I wasn't sure about the yogurt because they usually tell her to eat it
>> with the antibiotics.
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> Which is ok usually but with diarrhoea it can exacerbate it. I like
> probiotic capsules.

I've been giving her those too.