Re: Update//acidic-alkaline help?

July 29, 2004

Hi

Yes you have to be a member to join the forum - if you have any

problems then let me know - Bruce (our web designer) has kept it

pretty simple so I have no doubt that you will be fine! Be nice if

you did pop in - we have a load of new people starting the diet soon

(via the trial) so we are expecting more to come on site that will

need some support in those early panic stricken days!!!!!

is okay - his blood tests and gases have come back and his

consultant is happy with them all. He is not acidic, he is alkaline -

can you explain to me what the importance of these two are (sorry if

I am sounding thick here). His glucose blood readings are coming

down in the mornings, they are averaging about 3.9 whereas before

they were 4.8 and 4.9, we have kept the calorie increase at 400 cals

at the moment - but think that we will have to reduce slightly once

this settles down. is tending to have about 3 seizures early

morning and be a bit wobbly/spaced in the mornings but then get

better in the afternoons. His ketones are not as high especially in

the morning so I am adding more MCT oil to try and get ketones up -

but at the moment not having much luck! Will keep going with that

one.

The one thing that is worrying me is that when he wakes up in the

morning he has lost the use of his left side. It is after these

early morning seizures and it is like he can't put any weight on his

left leg. He certainly can't walk without a lot of support. These

seizures are really affecting his left side at the moment.

I will reply to your e-mail later today (when I get a minute - ha

ha) - got a gathering of keto-kids and mums this afternoon!!!

Take Care

Emma - Mum to - doing okay.

> Banish the guilt and anger Emma - like I said last night, 20/20

hindsight

> and live and learn, it is not a common scenario and not one that

most would

> be on the look out for. I felt that too initially though, hell I

have felt

> it with just about everything I think that has gone wrong with

's

> treatments over the years fullstop, but we'll end up as little

balls curled

> up on the floor if we don't let things like that go

> How is he doing now? Still improving? Keeping everything crossed

for you.

> Will def keep a lookout for from NZ, and will try and pop

into

> s friends later on this afternoon and see if I can log in to

send a

> message, er, do we log in to do that btw? I saw the various forums,

but

> wasn't sure if you had to be a member to say anything? Be gentle

with me,

> pute techie, I am not.....

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " ketomum68 "

>

> > The guilt is setting in now - I had noticed he

> > wasn't getting taller but he was doing so well and was bright

and

> > happy etc, all the time with a ticking timebomb ready to go off.

> > Not a mistake I will be making again. Urrrrgh - I am so angry

at

> > myself for not pushing the fact harder that he had not grown.

>

> > ended up having 3 seizures last night but with no meds -

so

> > that is an improvement on the night before (half of me is not

wanting

> > to write this in case he goes nuts again tonight) I will be

> > monitoring him again tonight (sleep, what is that?!)

> >

> > Thanks again - you are a star!

> >

> > Emma. - Mum to a brighter today.

> >

> > P.S. We have had a lady that has come onto s Friends

site

> > from Wellington in New Zealand whose child has been on the diet

for 7

> > years! She is called and she says that she is excited

about

> > talking to other families about the diet as she feels that she

is on

> > her own - 2 of us so far have replied to her and said that she

has a

> > wealth of knowledge in New Zealand - namely YOU!!! We have

pointed

> > her over to this site as well - so keep a look out for her.

July 30, 2004

Will come back later Emma, but just wanted to know if all 's blood

gases (like base excess, bicarb etc) showed as alkaline in the testing, or