Erica's intestinal challenges were such that she called and got an earlier appointment than the originally-scheduled 4 p.m.; we were able to see the doctor at 11:15 this morning.
She's lost 20 pounds, which is incredible. The doctor is not worried about the challenges; he said that they are probably the result of her system being shocked by all the protein, so took her off the protein for a few days. He put her on "real" food instead of just liquids, so she had an egg white and peppermint tea for lunch. So far, so good.
He also thinks that the antibiotics might have had something to do with the problem, because antibiotics destroy the good as well as the bad germs, and she needs to build up the good germs again via yogurt and cottage cheese; so she'll have vanilla yogurt for dinner.
We have an appointment next Monday for another weigh-in and to assess the intestinal challenges; hopefully they'll be gone by then!
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