Re: Re: new on the diet-

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Hi Leigh:

Newbie too? Glad you have great support I am really starting to get worried

myself! His seizures are down - but zaki's lull and ebbed anyhow? So Not sure if

it is the diet making them lower. Time will tell. Need to get the multi sticks

ASAP

Zaki is 889 4:1 and no fluid restriction - we live in CO and the altitude can

cause dehydration issues here. Would love to swap recipes! He is gaggin on what

we have right now and the dietician was not much help for ideas....

, zaki's mommy

Re: new on the diet-

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> Hi ,

> Is Zaki on any medications? Blood shot eyes here usually meant

toxicity, which can occur after starting the diet - med levels can

change (go up) once the kiddie is established in ketosis, and even

if not reflected blood level wise, in other ways it can become

fairly obvious - thru sleepiness, increased seizures etc.

> However, that aside, legarthy is fairly common at the

beginning of the diet, their little metabolisms are going thru a

fairly major change, so it may be solely from that - it takes some

children a week or two to fully adjust.

> The other thing to watch for if he is irritable is well, is

that his ketones haven't gone too high, or that his glucose isn't

still too low. Glucose levels wil naturally be a lot lower on keto

than if not, but there is still a point at which they can become

hypoglycemic, and legarthy would also result if that were the case.

> So they are some things to keep an eye on, med toxicity,

excess ketosis, and hypoglycemia for legarthy, but like I said, it

may just be a case of his metabolism getting used to 'running' on

ketones, in which case it should settle down on it's own,

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> Hello All:

> My name is mother of Zaki 17months. We just

got home

> from the hospital yesterday - We started our fasting last

Sunday. He

> had quite a hard time at the hopital first with blood sugar,

then

> dehydration, then he had an allergic reaction two days in a

row - we

> believe to the mira-lax. He had a hard time wanting to eat

anything

> at all. We are home now and he is doing a little better. I

am trying

> to figure out many of the tools available myself - I noticed

the

> dietician at the hospital we went to (she has never directly

done the

> diet) Told me the wrong way to do the meal plan worksheet.

I re-

> weighed one of the meals that they brought up and the it was

off over

> 6 grams on different items needless to say I am finding it

necessary

> to reach out to people familiar with this diet. My main

question

> right now - is how long does it take for Zaki to get his

energy level

> back. He is still so lathargic and irritable. Both of

which are

> uncharacteristic of him. His eyes are blood shot red also?

> PS never have done a list serve - so please bear with me as

I figure

> out how to navigate around.

> Blessings,

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