Day One

Yesterday...March 5, 2010...the day that would forever change our lives. For weeks now my oldest son Adryn has been having severe stomach pains. We have had CT scans, blood tests and tons of other tests. Finally our good friend and family doctor ran a simple blood test and wouldn't you know it...gluten. I have been hearing people rave about "The Gluten Free Life", and even thought that maybe we should try it. Now we have no choice.

My husband called me at work yesterday to tell me that Marc (our doctor) had called and told him the results. I remembered that in my sons lunch box that day was, a sandwich on wheat bread, crackers and whole grain cereal. My son, had a lunch box full of poison! I, as a mother, was slowing killing my son. Not good words to think about. I picked him up and took him out to eat for lunch so that I could explain what the results were. He was okay until he couldn't order a burger. We took off work early and went grocery shopping, and in a small town it is hard to find a wide variety of gluten free items. I can tell this is going to be a challenge, but I know we can do this, we have to do this. No way around it, it has to be done. We will have his biopsy done in a few weeks.

This blog is to share our journey. So many are living with this problem and don't even know it. I need answers, and in writing I am hoping to find some and give some.

Today is day one. Our new life has begun.