Drum Roll, Please!

This past week we spent the day at the University of Minnesota Discovery Clinic to meet with Kinsley's gastroenterologist.  Dr. Stumphy diagnosed Kinsley with Celiac Disease in late 2016 after we learned that her iGa and iGg numbers were higher than the highest detectable limits.  Shortly thereafter, Kinsley underwent an endoscopy where it was discovered that Kinsley had substantial damage to her small intestine due to the consumption of gluten.  She was just five years old!

So, yet another change for Kinsley as we embarked on a gluten free diet.  See, a gluten free diet for Kinsley is not a preference or even a sensitivity but a poison that will destroy her insides.  Consuming gluten is toxic to her body.  As we learned how dangerous gluten is to Kinsley's health, Andrew and I decided that our home would be gluten free.  We have maintained that stance, mostly, ever since.  The entire home is gluten free except a bread box in a separate location where Andrew's hot dog buns are stored!  Every meal made in our home is with gluten free ingredients.

Eliminating gluten and introducing insulin have been game changers for Kinsley's growth and development.  She is growing like a weed!  She is very tall for her age (nearly four feet and in the 50% percentile) and has gained 12 pounds (45 pounds and the 31st percentile) since diagnosis.  What a rockstar, right!

Our hard work has paid off though after receiving Kinsley's latest results.  Here we go:

Kinsley has finally rid her body of the antibodies activated when eating gluten.  I didn't know if we could EVER get it down this low, but we have!  There are so many to thank for these results.  We appreciate your care and concern for our daughter and her health.  It really means the world!

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