Lets try this again...

Ok so I read this morning that probiotics that contain bifidobacterium can cause problems in short gut kids with no ICV(ileocecal valve). This can lead to and or exacerbate SBBO and could lead to problems like we've had in the past few days. We spent another long exhausting day in the hospital yesterday getting various tests done(many invasive)to figure out why Marissa wasn't pooping. We had to rule out bowel obstruction, which we did. Then we did a colon cleanse and we were able to go home. So reading this this morning found me reading labels on the evarious things I'm giving her. What do you know? Not only do our probiotics contain bifidobacterium but so does our other probiotic, kefir. So for now I am going to stop both of those and start a new probiotic Culturelle. I am also going to go to the HFS and read the labels on the organic plain yogurts--I'm not sure if they too contain bifidobacterium, but assuming they don't I will replace the kefir with that. I also need to add some fiber to her diet. I'm going to pick up some organic green beans to steam and puree. Maybe some fruits...but her nutritionist suggested I avoid fruits and stick with veggies, so maybe Ill do some brussel sprouts and greens as well. Ill see what they have when I get there that's fresh and looks good.